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Q: I guess the 1.0TB drive I bought is BAD.  After 2 hours of Zero's in the formatting process it stops with Read Write problems

I guess the NEW  1.0TB drive I bought is BAD.  After 2 hours of Zero's in the formatting process it stops with Read Write problems.  I tried several other times with different configuations to no avail.

 

Any suggestions other than returning the drive to the supplier???

 

Another thing that is odd, the drive shows that it is a 7.3 TB drive.  That's not what I ordered, but thought I was getting a bonus without extra charge.  WRONG!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Mar 22, 2014 11:13 PM

by rack0 tack0,Solvedanswer
rack0 tack0 rack0 tack0
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A:

Your profile suggests you are running Tiger, this link looks interesting, fourth post from the last, they found problems with Tiger and 1TB showing as 7.3TB and could not use the drive. Using SL it worked correctly.

 

 

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3869708

Posted on Mar 23, 2014 12:52 AM

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