Apparently 2 Partitions when only 1

I have a WD 2TB Ext HDD I've been using on my MacBook Pro. I'm having problems with it's reliability and have noticed using Disk Utility it appears to have two 2 TB partitions. It says the second is not mounted. I've tried erasing/reformatting in APFS and Mack Journaled, but this ghost partition is always there. How can I get rid of it? See screenshots.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jun 20, 2022 6:16 AM

Similar questions

3 replies

Owl-53

Level 10

102,415 points

Jun 20, 2022 11:09 AM in response to atnbirdie

Welcome.

Pleased this worked out for this computer

atnbirdie Author

Level 1

10 points

Jun 20, 2022 10:39 AM in response to Owl-53

That appears to have worked. Thanks. Don't know why I didn't do that as I had "show all devices" checked, but kept trying to format the lowest entry for that drive.

Owl-53

Level 10

102,415 points

Jun 20, 2022 6:54 AM in response to atnbirdie

This thread has been closed by the system or the community team. You may vote for any posts you find helpful, or search the Community for additional answers.

Apparently 2 Partitions when only 1