If the problem is just a matter of overcoming a default partition scheme or format incompatibility over USB connections when using Disk Utility, you can use terminal commands as alternatives to initially format the drive and hopefully allow it to be accessible via Disk Utility again.īefore running these commands, you will need to find the disk identifier for the attached USB drive device. Firewire) are able to properly format through those connections.įurthermore, people who were able to format the drive through alternative means have found the drive to start working normally, indicating a problem with how Disk Utility itself is managing specific partition setups over the USB connection. The problem is specific for USB connections, since those with drives that allow for alternative connections (e.g. This problem does not happen for all disks, and may be specific for the USB chipsets and firmware versions or settings in certain drive enclosures.įor those affected, standard troubleshooting procedures such as resetting the devices and performing SMC and PRAM resets on the computer have not helped. When trying to partition and format various USB hard drives, a number of users are getting errors in Disk Utility that states "Disk Erase failed with the error: POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed.
0 kommentar(er)
