Hi folks,
my Seagate external harddrive stopped working today. I used it as my main time-machine-backup-drive. When I plug it in, it still shows on my desktop (at least one partition does, the one that contains my backup won't mount). I tried accessing/re-formatting the drive using Disk Utility, but it just keeps searching for harddrives and does not list any as long as the faulty harddrive is plugged in (it lists all my drives as soon as the faulty drive is unplugged). I still have warranty on this crappy drive, so exchanging it would be my best option. However, there are still some private files on there and I don't want to return it before I wiped it clean. Also tried re-formatting the drive in "Recovery-mode" (CMD+R) but it won't show up there either. Strangely I can still access my files on the second partition, so it might not be completely dead. Is there any way to wipe the drive using terminal? I really need your help folks.
Best regards and many thanks
Max
my Seagate external harddrive stopped working today. I used it as my main time-machine-backup-drive. When I plug it in, it still shows on my desktop (at least one partition does, the one that contains my backup won't mount). I tried accessing/re-formatting the drive using Disk Utility, but it just keeps searching for harddrives and does not list any as long as the faulty harddrive is plugged in (it lists all my drives as soon as the faulty drive is unplugged). I still have warranty on this crappy drive, so exchanging it would be my best option. However, there are still some private files on there and I don't want to return it before I wiped it clean. Also tried re-formatting the drive in "Recovery-mode" (CMD+R) but it won't show up there either. Strangely I can still access my files on the second partition, so it might not be completely dead. Is there any way to wipe the drive using terminal? I really need your help folks.
Best regards and many thanks
Max