I have no problem with this or any other drive since I format every drive I buy for the purpose that I had in mind.
Do any of you actually understand the size restrictions of FAT32? I didn't think so. OP states he formatted a 1 terabyte partition FAT32.
#WD 10 TB ELEMENTS MAC OS EXTENDED JOURNALED FOR MAC OS X#
Requires reformatting for Mac OS X Tiger, or Leopard". "Compatibility - Formatted NTFS for Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7. Note that a TM backup volume should be approximately twice the size of the drive it backs up so be sure you have made an adequately sized partition for use with TM.Īnd btw, since I have the exact same My Book Essential USB 2.0 1.5 terabyte drive the poster has, I retrieved the Box it came in (Green) and It says plainly on the box. Then select the second volume and set the format type to MS-DOS and click on the Wait for the process to complete which can take up to several hours depending upon the size of the partition.ĥ. Security button and select Zero Data (one pass) then click on theĮrase button. Select the first volume and set the format type to Mac OS Extended, click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.Ĥ. Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to two. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.Click on theģ. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.Ģ. In order to do what you have described properly you must:ġ.
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