need help with a new hdd in osx

Ghost in the Shell · 11 Mar 2007 at 17:32

hi i have a metal gear box usb type thing (like an icybox) and i just bought a new 250gb hdd to put in it as replacement for the 80gb i had before. anyway after doing so and turning on the hdd enclosure osx says its unreadable and asks to initialize it. however the program it uses 'disk utility' freezes whenever i try to format or partition the space..

is there any other program i can use to format the hdd to a mac osx format? or can anyone offer any other advice?

thanks

Ghost in the Shell · 11 Mar 2007 at 17:58

i left it for a few minutes but the hdd isnt showing any activity so i cant tell if its just frozen completely..? i have a windows laptop i could use to format it if that might help?

the hdd is brand new so im sure its fine.

are there any other formatting programs i could use?

Ghost in the Shell · 11 Mar 2007 at 20:24

think its working now im asking it to zero data through the security options...

its says itll take 5 hours though

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Mar 2007 at 18:56

right its still not working as it just froze after completing the zeroing out.

PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME HOW CAN I INITIALIZE THE DRIVE TO OS X FORMAT... ARGHH!

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:08

it works fine under windows completely fine it just wont format in os x...

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Mar 2007 at 19:17

is there any other program that can format hdds in osx?

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Mar 2007 at 22:59

EVH said:
Try booting in to the OS X dvd and use Disk utility from there.

This way you are not using your regular HDD, and you shouldn't have an issue with freezing.

Failing that possibly you could try a terminal command to erase the HDD (assuming OS X can detect it), but I would only try that if your confident enough to use the terminal

great suggest ill give it a try

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Mar 2007 at 23:17

Ghost in the Shell said:
great suggest ill give it a try

HUIRRAY IT WORKED THANKS MAN