Safe Capsule + 3TB WD HDD not formatting

[Hemel]

Just picked up a Stardom Safe Capsule (not the new version) and one WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX 3TB HD.

after I install the HD into the enclosure (non-RAID config) and hook it up to my mid-2011 Mac Mini, disk utility is able to see the HD but when I go to format into Mac OSX Extended (Journaled) I get the following error: "Wiping Volume Data to Prevent Future Accidental Probing Failed"

I've searched and couldn't find anything that would help me on this. I don't think it's the HD enclosure that's the problem as Disk Utility recognizes the drive as a 3TB drive.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

 

[marzer]

Did you format the new drive or partition it?

When I get a new drive, the first thing I do is re-partition it as opposed to reformatting, making sure the partition map is set to GUID.

 

[Hemel]

Figured it out....although Stardom claims that Safe Capsule does support 3TB drives, it doesn't like to format them!

I pulled the drive and put it into another HD enclosure and formatting worked perfectly. Safe capsule has no problems with the drive now that it's formatted...🙄