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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1175547" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Think I'd call Apple and set an appointment - even out of warranty. </p><p></p><p>All the workarounds I've found relate to external drives via USB. But if it's got problems formatting an internal drive - it's either return the drive or call Apple.</p><p>Not sure I even found a single post related to an internal drive. </p><p></p><p>I did find just as many posts related to this same error on Windows machines also.</p><p>That really leads me to believe it's a hard drive issue even though some found work arounds. Especially, when folks are reporting multiple fomatting utilities giving the same error on the same drives.</p><p></p><p>Work arounds incl'd:</p><p>Use Tiger</p><p>Use Leopard</p><p>Use Snow Leopard</p><p>Use a different USB enclosure.</p><p>Connect it via firewire.</p><p>Connect it via eSATA.</p><p>Format the drive on a windows machine and then put it back in your Mac. (However, some found that Windows would not format the drive either.)</p><p></p><p>Personally, if I got a drive that won't format and returns an error - the drive is going back for replacement. It seems that most of the ones I saw were Seagates by a large proportion.</p><p></p><p>I've formatted multiple drives both internally and externally via USB, FW and eSATA with Snow Leopard - all versions of it - so, don't think I agree with the ones that say it's a Snow Leopard issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1175547, member: 24160"] Think I'd call Apple and set an appointment - even out of warranty. All the workarounds I've found relate to external drives via USB. But if it's got problems formatting an internal drive - it's either return the drive or call Apple. Not sure I even found a single post related to an internal drive. I did find just as many posts related to this same error on Windows machines also. That really leads me to believe it's a hard drive issue even though some found work arounds. Especially, when folks are reporting multiple fomatting utilities giving the same error on the same drives. Work arounds incl'd: Use Tiger Use Leopard Use Snow Leopard Use a different USB enclosure. Connect it via firewire. Connect it via eSATA. Format the drive on a windows machine and then put it back in your Mac. (However, some found that Windows would not format the drive either.) Personally, if I got a drive that won't format and returns an error - the drive is going back for replacement. It seems that most of the ones I saw were Seagates by a large proportion. I've formatted multiple drives both internally and externally via USB, FW and eSATA with Snow Leopard - all versions of it - so, don't think I agree with the ones that say it's a Snow Leopard issue. [/QUOTE]
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