01-24-2008, 11:53 PM
[quote ssledoux]Why would I press erase to format an already empty - new - hard drive? And, if so, after I press that, what do I do?
Because it's brand new and it doesn't have anything written to it yet, not even an empty Macintosh file system or partition map.
You might want to use the Partition tab rather than the Erase tab, and chose 1 Partition, format MacOS Extended (Journeled), and also click on the Options... button and make sure that it's selecting GUID Partition table.
Because it's brand new and it doesn't have anything written to it yet, not even an empty Macintosh file system or partition map.
You might want to use the Partition tab rather than the Erase tab, and chose 1 Partition, format MacOS Extended (Journeled), and also click on the Options... button and make sure that it's selecting GUID Partition table.