Q: Erasing HD step not working
Dear community!
Recycling a Mac: what a great idea! Erasing the HD first and following the super easy steps? Sure! And that's where my problems started. And now I think I've wrecked it completely:
I started Disk Utility. I see my partioned HD. Erased Partition 1 successfully. Erased Partition 2 successfully. Try to erase whole HD: "Couldn't unmount disk". It also renamed itself 500.11 GB Toshiba...
I've tried: 1. Deleting the individual partitions, but can't. "Couldn't unmount disk".
2. Installing OS X, but can't. Only the Recovery Disk comes up, and there's only 60 MB free space there.
3. Restarting and turning it on normally, but can't. No entry sign appears.
Please, please, help me. I just want to wipe this thing properly and reinstall OS X and recycle it.
Posted on May 30, 2015 5:11 PM
In order to erase the entire disk you'll need either the original install discs or a retail Snow Leopard disc. It sounds like you're trying to erase the hard drive from the utilities panel on the recovery partition correct? The recovery partition is on the hard drive you're trying to erase and it cannot erase itself.
Posted on May 30, 2015 6:32 PM