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Cannot format external harddrive
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<blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 1391981" data-attributes="member: 247223"><p>I have a Seagate 1.5 TB external. I can no longer read data from it. I want to erase all data and reformat.</p><p></p><p>Conventional Efforts:</p><p>When I plug it in to my MBP (via Firewire 800), it shows up on the desktop as mounted. However, when I try to access the files on it via Finder, Finder crashes (beachball). I open disk utility, and I can see the disk. When I press erase, the dialog is stuck at "Unmounting Disk".</p><p></p><p>Why does this happen?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="snow, post: 1391981, member: 247223"] I have a Seagate 1.5 TB external. I can no longer read data from it. I want to erase all data and reformat. Conventional Efforts: When I plug it in to my MBP (via Firewire 800), it shows up on the desktop as mounted. However, when I try to access the files on it via Finder, Finder crashes (beachball). I open disk utility, and I can see the disk. When I press erase, the dialog is stuck at "Unmounting Disk". Why does this happen? [/QUOTE]
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