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I am unable to erase my hard drive

why I am I unable to erase my hard drive? using disk utility

Posted on Jun 4, 2021 12:44 PM

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Posted on Jun 4, 2021 12:51 PM

Hi carrotop838,


If you're trying to erase the internal drive inside your Mac, that will fail unless you're booted into macOS Recovery. For safety reasons, you cannot erase the disk containing the macOS that you're currently running.


If you're trying to erase a different drive or disk, or if the error is appearing while you're in macOS Recovery, please let me know.

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Jun 4, 2021 12:51 PM in response to carrotop838

Hi carrotop838,


If you're trying to erase the internal drive inside your Mac, that will fail unless you're booted into macOS Recovery. For safety reasons, you cannot erase the disk containing the macOS that you're currently running.


If you're trying to erase a different drive or disk, or if the error is appearing while you're in macOS Recovery, please let me know.

I am unable to erase my hard drive

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