I have 2 IDE hard drives, Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 200GB and Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm 250GB, that I have attached via a Vantec NexStar NST-350U2 external USB enclosure. I have a MBP running Leopard.
I'm am trying to create a single GUID partition and format the drives with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility. When I attempt to create a partition it hangs at "Creating partition map". Here is the log:
2007-11-08 08:22:41 -0500: Disk Utility started.
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Preparing to partition disk: “USB 2.0 Storage Device Media”
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: 1 volume will be created
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Partition 1
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Name : “Seagate”
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Size : 186.3 GB
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Creating partition map.
2007-11-08 08:32:07 -0500: Partition failed for disk USB 2.0 Storage Device Media Input/output error
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500: Partition complete.
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500: Error with partition: Input/output error
The funny things is that I was able to do this on the drives before. I am having some trouble with Time Machine and I needed to erase the drives numerous times during my troubleshooting. I can also partition and format the drives in WinXP without a problem.
Any help is much appreciated.
I'm am trying to create a single GUID partition and format the drives with Mac OS Extended (Journaled) using Disk Utility. When I attempt to create a partition it hangs at "Creating partition map". Here is the log:
2007-11-08 08:22:41 -0500: Disk Utility started.
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Preparing to partition disk: “USB 2.0 Storage Device Media”
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Partition Scheme: GUID Partition Table
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: 1 volume will be created
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Partition 1
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Name : “Seagate”
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Size : 186.3 GB
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Filesystem : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:23:41 -0500: Creating partition map.
2007-11-08 08:32:07 -0500: Partition failed for disk USB 2.0 Storage Device Media Input/output error
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500: Partition complete.
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500:
2007-11-08 08:32:08 -0500: Error with partition: Input/output error
The funny things is that I was able to do this on the drives before. I am having some trouble with Time Machine and I needed to erase the drives numerous times during my troubleshooting. I can also partition and format the drives in WinXP without a problem.
Any help is much appreciated.