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Q: Please help

I wanted to unpartition my airport extreme. When I went to delete the partition it sat for hours and just didn't respond. I don't want to loose the information but when I forcesd closed it it wouldn't open again. I get a message below

 

 

Please let me know what I need to do to fix this issue without loosing my data!!

 

Thank you in advance

Airport Extreme

Posted on Sep 24, 2013 5:02 PM

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  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Sep 24, 2013 5:06 PM in response to affatbe
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:06 PM in response to affatbe

    An Airport Extreme has no disk drive, so there's nothing to partition. If you have a disk drive connected to one by USB cable, then you need to connect the drive directly to your computer in order to repartition it.

  • by affatbe,

    affatbe affatbe Sep 24, 2013 5:06 PM in response to affatbe
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:06 PM in response to affatbe

    Message:

     

    Image                                             Reason

    Macbook Pro.sparsebundle               No Mountable File Systems

  • by affatbe,

    affatbe affatbe Sep 24, 2013 5:07 PM in response to Kappy
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:07 PM in response to Kappy

    But this only happens when i try to open the file on the airport??

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Sep 24, 2013 5:10 PM in response to affatbe
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:10 PM in response to affatbe

    That does not answer my questions about what you actually have. I'm not exactly a mind reader. Thus far, you are not making much sense.

  • by affatbe,

    affatbe affatbe Sep 24, 2013 5:19 PM in response to Kappy
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:19 PM in response to Kappy

    I didn't understand your question. I didn't realize you even asked one. I have a macbook pro. my airport extreme is also a 2tb hard drive. it was partitioned 1tb & 1 tb. I attemped to remove the partition so it was just one large file of 2tb's. when i attempted to delete the patition it froze and when i attemped to reopen the hard drive i get that message about sparsebundle and no mountable file system

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Sep 24, 2013 5:28 PM in response to affatbe
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:28 PM in response to affatbe

    Disconnect the drive from your Airport Extreme's USB port. Connect it to your computer. Repartition and format the drive using Disk Utility. Your backups will be lost.

     

    Leave the drive connected to your computer for backups. Do not connect it to your AEBS to use like a Time Capsule. It is unreliable and will not work properly. You can still use Time Machine for the backups if you wish.

  • by affatbe,

    affatbe affatbe Sep 24, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Kappy
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:46 PM in response to Kappy

    I think the miscomunnication was on my side. I guess it would be a time capsole. it is a wireless router and 2 TB hard drive. Thoughts?

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Sep 24, 2013 5:48 PM in response to affatbe
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    Sep 24, 2013 5:48 PM in response to affatbe

    If the drive is internal then it is a Time Capsule. Otherwise it's an AEBS with an external drive attached by USB cable.

     

    For the former you need to open Airport Utility in the Utilities folder:

     

    How to verify or erase an AirPort Time Capsule disk