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Cannot partition/format Internal Hitachi Ultrastar HD 1TB
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: hamburg, germany
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Hello,
this is extremely frustrating. I am trying to install a new Hitachi hard-drive and no matter what I try, it won't work. When I open the disc utility, I can see that the system recognizes the new HD. When I want to partition it, it spits out a input/output error (I think it's error -50). This is a brand new HD, no files on it, volume repair etc. doesn't output any errors either.
If anyone has any tips, that would be great.
PS: I am running Leopard
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: hamburg, germany
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Well, yesterday night, when shutting off the system and then booting it again, the new disc didn't show at all anymore in disk utility, nor in system profile. When I clicked on S-ATA in system profile it said something about an error occured.
I went to sleep, got up and now the new disc shows up. This is strange. It does seem like a defective drive though, doesn't it? I don't dare putting any data on it. Would you send it back and have it replaced?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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I'd be worried if I have a drive like that. But it could also be a loose/faulty connector. Double check everything first and run them through Apple Hardware Diagnostics to cover the bases.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
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It sounds like you got a lemon.
We bought several 1TB disks from Hitachi at the lab. Unfortunately two arrived DOA and one died the second day it was put to use.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: hamburg, germany
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Thank you ginoledesma and Simon.
Yes, I think it is indeed a lemon. Just out of fun I tried adding a few files to the new drive and it won't let me. I am going to send it back.
Thanks for your replies.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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I just had the same problem with a FAT formatted Seagate prebuilt external; Disk Utility returned some negative error number trying to format it as HFS+.
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