Hi,
I have just bought a new Seagate Expansion Drive, and it was formatted as a windows drive so I went to Disk Utility and erase/formatted it to OS X Extended (Journaled). It came up with this error a few seconds after starting:It says there is not enough space on the drive, but it is a brand new 2,000GB drive! Please help! (Also please note this screenshot was taken the second time I tried to erase it)
I may be missing the point but in your screen shot - the HD of the Mac appears to be highlighted...
select the drive by its Physical designator "seagate..." then try to erase it ALL.
My drive is completely full of other? What is other and how do I get rid of it?
Sorry, I overlooked that. It's working now. Thank you so much for the help!
I selected 'Seagate Desktop Media', but it still says process failed when i try to erase. Have I misunderstood?
You have replied to a SOLVED thread over 8 months old and failed to supply any useful additional information.
Please take the following steps:
• take a screenshot of the problem window in Disk Utility by holding command-Shift-4; press the spacebar; click in the window you wish to capture. The screen shot will be placed in a timestamped file on the desktop (by default), and can be added to your reply on the forum.
• start a NEW topic with a catchy title that will attract the readers you think may be able to help you
• include exactly which of the more than 50 models named MacBook Pro or dozens of models named Mac Pro you have on hand.
• include what version of Mac OS X you are using, and whether you are using Disk Utility in the running system or in recovery mode.
Disk Utility: Erase process has failed
