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External HD Partions w/ Disk Utility
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1552628" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Sorry, but no. Formatting is done after partitioning - a partition is what gets formatted to a particular file system. Even if you format the entire drive - you're not actually formatting the drive - you're creating a single partition on that drive and then formatting that partition (which would comprise the entire drive).</p><p></p><p>Related to the above pics:</p><p>You are on the "Erase" tab in all 3 pics.</p><p>First - you do not want to use the 'Erase' tab at all - unless you want to "erase" a drive or partition (aka volume).</p><p></p><p>If you want to see what your current drive and partition status is - you would look at the bottom of the "First Aid" tab.</p><p></p><p>With the "drive" highlighted, you can also look at the "Partition" tab to get an overview of the size of all partitions and a picture view of the amount of used/free space.</p><p></p><p>Second the "Erase" tab does not indicate what is the current format of a drive or partition - it offers a drop down box with the available choices for it to be formatted with - after you erase it.</p><p></p><p>The first pic indicate that if you proceed, it will erase the entire drive - including both of the partitions on the drive - it will then create a single partition called "UNTITLED" and format that partition as FAT. </p><p></p><p>The 2nd and 3rd pics - will erase only the single partition you have highlighted in each pic, rename the partition as is noted in each pic and then format the partition with the current choice selected in the drop down menu of: Mac OS Extended Jounaled...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1552628, member: 24160"] Sorry, but no. Formatting is done after partitioning - a partition is what gets formatted to a particular file system. Even if you format the entire drive - you're not actually formatting the drive - you're creating a single partition on that drive and then formatting that partition (which would comprise the entire drive). Related to the above pics: You are on the "Erase" tab in all 3 pics. First - you do not want to use the 'Erase' tab at all - unless you want to "erase" a drive or partition (aka volume). If you want to see what your current drive and partition status is - you would look at the bottom of the "First Aid" tab. With the "drive" highlighted, you can also look at the "Partition" tab to get an overview of the size of all partitions and a picture view of the amount of used/free space. Second the "Erase" tab does not indicate what is the current format of a drive or partition - it offers a drop down box with the available choices for it to be formatted with - after you erase it. The first pic indicate that if you proceed, it will erase the entire drive - including both of the partitions on the drive - it will then create a single partition called "UNTITLED" and format that partition as FAT. The 2nd and 3rd pics - will erase only the single partition you have highlighted in each pic, rename the partition as is noted in each pic and then format the partition with the current choice selected in the drop down menu of: Mac OS Extended Jounaled... [/QUOTE]
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