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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1399665" data-attributes="member: 76746">Tired this- Almost got it!Here's a update of what's going on with the erasing &amp; formatting (Along with a request for assistance). Nothing else has worked so far, not even Windows XP's Diskpart.exeMy latest attempt to erase these disks was to use Terminal. I can see each one with the diskutil list command. I can ask them to be formatted with this command (request?):diskuti eraseDisk HFS+ diskname disk1Terminal reports-Started erase on disk 1Unmounting Disk Creating Partition MapWaiting For Disks to reappearIt will move along fine &amp; then get stuck at &quot;Waiting For Disks To Reappear 50%&quot;Each disk does this. All at 50%I tried diskutil info to see if something was wacky there. This shows the disk &amp; the size properly. They are not shown as Read Only. But, under &quot;Read-Only Volume&quot; it says N/A No File SystemDo any of you know how to get the process back moving along? It's surprising that they all get stopped at 50% of Waiting For Disk To Re-Appear.Thanks, I appreciate any suggestions for this challenge.Paul</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1399665, member: 76746"] [b]Tired this- Almost got it![/b] Here's a update of what's going on with the erasing & formatting (Along with a request for assistance). Nothing else has worked so far, not even Windows XP's Diskpart.exe My latest attempt to erase these disks was to use Terminal. I can see each one with the diskutil list command. I can ask them to be formatted with this command (request?): diskuti eraseDisk HFS+ diskname disk1 Terminal reports- Started erase on disk 1 Unmounting Disk Creating Partition Map Waiting For Disks to reappear It will move along fine & then get stuck at "Waiting For Disks To Reappear 50%" Each disk does this. All at 50% I tried diskutil info to see if something was wacky there. This shows the disk & the size properly. They are not shown as Read Only. But, under "Read-Only Volume" it says N/A No File System Do any of you know how to get the process back moving along? It's surprising that they all get stopped at 50% of Waiting For Disk To Re-Appear. Thanks, I appreciate any suggestions for this challenge. Paul [/QUOTE]

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