Impossible to format an external hard drive?

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• Impossible to duplicate to external hard drive using the CCC

  Hi all

  I wanted to make a clone of my HD, because it started acting weird lately and decided not to make a clone of it when I get a new HD, but when I use ccc I select my boot drive (the one doubtful), then my drive external usb (2 TB) as my destination and copy everything BUT after 4 hours no progress but 4 points work but nothing is transferred. I formatted the external hard drive as it should be set to format less 10.8 in disk utility. So what I'm doing wrong here? Is there an easy way to do it? I think that I have V. 3.5 ccc, y at - it a bug with this version? BTW, my external hard drive is a USB 3 but compatible for 2 and my mac has no problem reading and writing to it. Any help with this or other means or programs to clone my drive is welcome.

  Thank you!!!

  Have you checked for an update of the CCC?

  Have you considered Time machine? You can restore from that.

  Clone-data backup

  Clone-Deja Vu

  Clone - SuperDuper

  Clone - Synk

  Clone - 6 tested Applications Software

  Time Machine from the Clones and Archives

  Commonly used backup methods

  Try using disk/restore to copy the data to a new location. Please note that this will reformat the destination partition.

• How to format an external hard drive in el capitan

  How to format an external hard drive in el capitan?

  I have a new iMac and bought a WD 2 TB hard drive. The manual says that I have to reformat the hard disk to use it with OS X.

  I opened the disk utility program, but there is no button to format the hard drive.

  How can I manage to reformat the hard drive?

  Select the external drive, and then click clear. Format Mac OS Extended journaled. If you want the drive to be bootable partition with the Guid partition scheme.

• Formatting an external hard drive

  How to format an external hard drive in Windows XP? Can you give me instructions? Thank you.

  Hello
  I hope this url has answered your question http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/tips/advanced/ntfs.mspx please click on the check mark as answered check mark on this Page if this post solves your problem, because it helps people who need quick access to answers THANKS AND GOOD LUCK

• External hard drive does not work. Is there another way I could solve the problem without formatting the external hard drive?

  My external hard drive works. I tried to plug and when I tried to open it, it says to format the drive until I could use it. Everything works well as when I plugged the USB icon shown on the screen. When I check the disk management, it showed that the partition of the drive is there.

  I tried to change the drive letters, but still having the same problem. I also tried to run the disk check on the command prompt and the properties of the drive, but it still can not because there is error popping up saying that the disk check cannot be performed because Windows cannot access the disk.

  Is there another way I could solve the problem without formatting the external hard drive?

  I tried the first step in troubleshooting the hard drive, but it gives a
  error in saying that "hardware changes might not have been detected.

  So I tried the second method, and when I click on the "Check now" button his
  gives an error saying that "the disk check cannot be performed because .
  Windows can not access the disk".".

  So is there any other way or option?

  Thank you

  Jason

• Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32?

  Anyone know where I can get a formatting tool to format an external hard drive to FAT32 using OEM of Windows 7 (32 bit).

  I want to use a Western Digital elements external Hard Drive 500 GB/GB on my Panasonic Blu RAY recorder DMR-BW850.

  Formatting on W7 tool reformatted hard drives only as exFAT, who does not work, works only FAT32.

  original title: FAT32 formatting help

  Throw on this article. This can be easily done from the command prompt.

  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/formatting-external-hard-drive-to-FAT-32/

  Remember that you cannot store a file that is greater than 4 GB on a FAT32 partition.

• To format an external hard drive (1 TB) FAT32 in NTFS file system.

  Hello
  I recently bought nine Transcend (TS1TSJ25M3) 1 TB External Hard Drive

  who is in the FAT32 file system. There are currently 930 GB of free space available. I decided to convert

  It is in the NTFS file system. So:

  First of all, there is no data in the player (it's free)

  Second, how much space will I get after formatting to NTFS file system?

  And third: is it possible to do this in Windows 7 64 - bit OS, or do I have to use another OS?

  Please I need answers to my doubts.

  Hi Dev,

  Thank you for choosing to post your request in the Microsoft forums.

  I understand that you want to format an external hard drive, that has been converted to NTFS. Yes it is possible in Windows 7 to format a NTFS drive. Check out the link.

  Formatting disks and drives

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/formatting-disks-and-drives

  (Information and methods provided for in article also applies to Windows 7)

  For more information on FAT and NTFS refer the link.

  File systems by comparing NTFS and FAT

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/comparing-NTFS-and-FAT-file-systems

  If you have any other questions, please let us know, we will be happy to help you.

• Question: How can I format an external hard drive

  I am trying to use an external hard drive with Time Machine.  He tells me that my external must be formatted in a format "journaled". I can't find any way to do it and the Mac is do not do it either. Can someone tell me how to proceed so that Time Machine works to put in shape?

  If Time Machine is not reformat the disk itself, choose Utilities in the Finder Go menu, open disk utility, select the drive in the sidebar and delete it.

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• Force erase/Format an external hard drive

  I spent $ 140 on an external hard drive Seagate Backup Plus. As you can imagine, the instructions are crap. None of the software that are supposed to be installed on my external hard drive is there, and I am not given the choice of formatting a Mac.

  So I thought I could just open disk utility, erase the hard drive, then format for Mac.

  But when I click on the delete button, I get the message "failed the erase process.

  Is there a way I can replace the error messages and force to erase an external hard drive?

  Thank you.

  Have you tried the tab partition in disk utility? This will erase the disc and give you the ability to format in Mac OS extended (journaled).

• Formatting an external hard drive to FAT32 using vista

  Hello

  I own an Xbox 360 and a Windows Vista-based computer.  I wanted to store music and movies on an external hard drive and connect it to my Xbox 360 so I can make use for more then just a game.  I first tried this using a 2 GB USB key and it worked better then I could have hoped.  However, given that 2 GB does not go very far, I went out and bought a FreeAgent 1.5 TB drive external hard.  I can use it in Vista and works very well, but it does not recognize the Xbox 360.  I read in a forum that the 360 requires the external hard drive to FAT32, but Vista cannot format the disc in all except exFAT and NTFS.  How can I get the external drive in a format that can recognize the Xbox?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello, Durandal95

  Please use the Forum for answers.

  You can format a drive using the FAT, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS filesystems using the format command-line tool.

  WARNING: Formatting your drive will completely erase it, exercise caution when you use the format features.

  To do this, go to start, all programs, accessories, click with the right button on command prompt and choose Run as administrator. In the command prompt window, type the following command and press ENTER: format X: / FS: FAT32 / q
  Note: Replace X: the good reader.

  You can find help on the XBOX on both, the help and the community pages:

  XBOX Help: http://support.xbox.com
  XBOX community: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/

  I hope this helps.

  David
  Microsoft Answers Support Engineer
  Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Format an external hard drive (1 TB) FAT32 in NTFS file system

  Hello
  I recently bought nine Transcend (TS1TSJ25M3) 1 TB External Hard Drive

  who is in the FAT32 file system. There are currently 930 GB of free space available. I decided to convert 
  it to NTFS File system. So first of all, there is no data in thePlayer(it's free)
  Second, how much space will get after the formatting in NTFS file system?
  And third: is it possible to do it on Windows 7 64-bit OS, or do I have to use another OS?
  Please I need answers to my doubts.

  In Windows Explorer, right-click on the drive and select Format. Choose NTFS as method in shape.

  You will have 930MB after formatting. The rule is that you have 7% less space than the nominal capacity, which allows the difference between the ability of manufacturers of discs (1 GB = 10 ^ 6) and the ability of Windows (1 GB = 2 ^ 10) and space unusable, drawn upward by the method in shape.

• Impossible to connect an external hard drive

  I unplugged my hard drive of the computer and re plugged. I can feel and hear it runs that power is connected but there is no light on and the computer keeps telling me that it is unplugged. I have checked and re checked all connections. If the wire to the computer could be broken and if so what call? He isn't a regular usb cord. There is a wide connector at both ends.

  Original title: ex hard drive does not work

  Hello Ellen,.

  I understand that you have a problem when connecting your external hard drive to your computer. This could be a hardware or to issue drivers. It is also possible that your cable is defective. You can try to reconnect the hard drive to another USB port. If you use an external hard drive or a hard drive internal SATA cable /IDE cable.

  Please, try the following and see if it helps.

  Method 1:

  Run the hardware troubleshooter and check the issue.

  Open the hardware and devices Troubleshooter

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter

  Method 2:

  Run the fixit available at the following link.

  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  I hope this information helps.

  Please let us know if you need more help.

  Thanks and greetings
  Sarandeep S - Microsoft technical support.

• Impossible to get WD external hard drive to save

  Hi, I have a WD 1 TB external hard drive, when I plug it into the usb port, it appears on the Device Manager but not on my computer, Ive tried all the 4 usb slots n even on them all, Ive tried other drives and they register ok, please help me to solve my problem, I also tried this WD on my wifes computer and exactly the same thing , look forward to a response, has soon Andy

  Hello

   

  You can read the article of Western Digital.

   

  If the problem persists, post your request in the Community of WD support Forum .

   

  It will be useful.

• Impossible to mount the external hard drive on iMac

  I have a Seagate NTFS hard drive mounting problem on my iMac, do anyone know why?

  I am aware that iMac does not support the NTFS format. Already when I plug the hard drive NTFS, it has been able to mount the hard drive and the drive will appear on the desktop. I am able to read the disk, but cannot write , which is perfectly fine.

  The problem occurs when I finally had to write my iMac on the hard drive, so I downloaded the paragon of Seagate and software of dashboard that were meant to allow a Mac write to the hard disk. However, after installation, everything went haywire and the hard drive would not rise again. Remove the seagate software wouldn't help.

  My iMac still detect the drive when I plug the hard drive, but I can't mount the hard drive to use it. All I want is to be able to read the drive.

  Anyone know how I can get my iMac to climb back from the hard disk NTFS?

  I'm on El Capitan 10.11.2.

  Try to uninstall the "Seagate dashboard and paragon software" and restarting your iMac.

• How to format an external hard drive

  I have a Seagate 0.5 to drive and I want to format using an iMac. It was previously connected to a PC and is probably implemented in FAT16 or FAT32.  When I select a folder on the disc, working in "Finder", I find that I can not remove it so I have no way to make space.

  This article should help you to Format Mac OS extended before using with Aperture - Apple Support external drives