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keysofanxiety

macrumors G3
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Nov 23, 2011
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Hi all, need to get a MBA collected due to corrupted SSD (see attached). Trying to format an external HDD so that we can do a Time Machine backup before we collect, to prevent any issues with data loss.

Unfortunately it's completely stuck half way and doesn't proceed, even after 10-15 minutes. I'm stipulating that the corruptions could be causing an issue with Disk Utility, so does anybody know of a different way I could possibly format/mount the external hard-drive without using Disk Utility?

Also tried turning it off and on again, ejecting when I shouldn't, etc ...

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Never mind, it finally formatted after 25 minutes! Patience is a virtue. Sorry to bother you all. :)
 
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