Formating external usb 2 drive

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  1. mashinhead, Oct 13, 2006

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    I'm trying to erase and reformat an external hd, i bought a new one for my macbook and this is the original hd from it i put in a new housing. when i try to format it in disk utility it gives me an error message that says it can't unmount the drive to erase it, any clues?
     
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  2. jsw, Oct 13, 2006

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    Worst case? Reboot and all should be well. An application or file from that drive is probably in use.
     
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  3. mashinhead, Oct 13, 2006

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    did that didn't work
     
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