What is the make and model number of the external drive that you are using? Dean Danis 519-494-8639 90 Caprice Cr. London Ontario N5V 3M2 > From: pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx > To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [muglo] Formatting an external USB drive > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:04:18 -0400 > > I am trying to set up a new 1 Tb USB drive and Disc utility won't > format it. Online forums suggest this problem has persisted since > Tiger and is still unresolved in Leopard and Snow. I am running > Leopard on a 1.25 Gb G4 eMac. I am in the process of repair using > Diskwarrior, but this looks like it will take some time, with no > guarantees. The only worthwhile online suggestion was to use disc > utility on an old 10.3 instal disc, which I don't have. Any other > suggestions? > > Wayne Dobson > pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx > --- > Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo