Disk Erase Failed Input Output Error Mac
can not post a blank message. Please type your message and try again. This discussion is locked vladimir Zabavskiy Level 1 (0 points) Q: Disk Erase failed with the error: Input/output error Hello,I bought a new SATA hard drive (HD 750G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD7500AAKS) and I'm trying to erase it with Disk Utility because the disk is not mounting on the desktop. Every time I get a message: "Disk Erase failed with the error Input/output error"Does anybody know what it means? Is the disk damaged?Thank you,Vlad Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.11) Posted on Aug 13, 2008 3:14 PM I have this question too Close Q: Disk Erase failed with the error: Input/output error All replies Helpful answers by Kappy, Kappy Aug 13, 2008 4:31 PM in response to vladimir Zabavskiy Level 10 (271,467 points) Desktops Aug 13, 2008 4:31 PM in response to vladimir Zabavskiy Did you partition the drive?Extended Hard Drive Preparation1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder. If you need to reformat your startup volume, then you must boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger or Leopard.)2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.3. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID (only required for Intel Macs) then click on the OK button. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unle
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