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Formatting Hard Drive. Help me out!
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1143900" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>Not sure what you're doing wrong but try this:</p><p></p><p>Boot from your install DVD as before. Select Utilities, Disk Utility from the top menu.</p><p></p><p>Highlight your new hard drive on the left side. Click on the line that shows the disk capacity (250 GB).</p><p></p><p>Click erase at the top of the screen then select the Mac Extended Journaled option. Change the name of the drive at the same time to MacIntosh HD.</p><p></p><p>Click erase at the bottom of the screen, then click erase again on the second window. It may take several minutes for the format to complete.</p><p></p><p>(I think you were missing this last set of steps - at least that's what I gather from your post.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1143900, member: 46727"] Not sure what you're doing wrong but try this: Boot from your install DVD as before. Select Utilities, Disk Utility from the top menu. Highlight your new hard drive on the left side. Click on the line that shows the disk capacity (250 GB). Click erase at the top of the screen then select the Mac Extended Journaled option. Change the name of the drive at the same time to MacIntosh HD. Click erase at the bottom of the screen, then click erase again on the second window. It may take several minutes for the format to complete. (I think you were missing this last set of steps - at least that's what I gather from your post.) [/QUOTE]
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