30 Dec 2008 at 21:33 #1 Bengaboy Bengaboy Soldato Joined 1 Sep 2007 Posts 3,902 I just bought a seagate free agent go, and it says when I go into time machine that the drive needs to be reformated. Question is - how do I do it? Cheers
I just bought a seagate free agent go, and it says when I go into time machine that the drive needs to be reformated. Question is - how do I do it? Cheers
30 Dec 2008 at 21:36 #2 Feek Feek Commissario Joined 16 Oct 2002 Posts 343,480 Location In the radio shack Disk Utility
30 Dec 2008 at 21:36 #3 Rooky007 Rooky007 Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,635 Run Disk Utility on it within the application folder
30 Dec 2008 at 21:36 #4 Rooky007 Rooky007 Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,635 LOL both posted the same time
30 Dec 2008 at 21:38 #5 Bengaboy Bengaboy Soldato OP Joined 1 Sep 2007 Posts 3,902 Will it clear whats on the hdd already or will the mac be clever enough to think to put them aside, reformat - then put them back on? Sorry if that sounds stupid
Will it clear whats on the hdd already or will the mac be clever enough to think to put them aside, reformat - then put them back on? Sorry if that sounds stupid
30 Dec 2008 at 21:39 #6 Rooky007 Rooky007 Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,635 It be bye bye to everything that on there
30 Dec 2008 at 21:52 #7 Bengaboy Bengaboy Soldato OP Joined 1 Sep 2007 Posts 3,902 So im on disk utility, what do I do to reformat the drive?
30 Dec 2008 at 21:55 #8 Rooky007 Rooky007 Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 3,635 Click on eras tab at the top of it and select Extended OSX and erase but if you want to do a Zero erase you need to go into perference
Click on eras tab at the top of it and select Extended OSX and erase but if you want to do a Zero erase you need to go into perference
