? Formatting 1.5T

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    Dude that's 1.5 Terabytes of space and your trying to format it over (slow) USB. I would say be patient as it can take some time. Is there an indicator as to how far done it is?

    I don't have much experience formatting drives on mac, but on PC there is basically 2 options...quick format and regular format. The quick format only takes a few minutes and the regular format can takes hours sometimes.

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    • yeah, i tried the firewire but it doesn't work. so USB is the only way. and no indicator as to where it's at. just looks like it's still running.sea_sea
    • still running.sea_sea
    • I would put your ear up next to the drive...if it's doing a low level type format (secure) you will definitely be able to hear the drive cranking away.designbot
    • drive grinding away.designbot
    • yeah it's doing something.sea_sea
    • K, I would leave it. That's a huge drive, very likely it's just formatting still.designbot
    • Maybe run some checks on it when its done formatting like kvgs72 said just to be sure nothings wrong with it.designbot
    • I used to fix computers btw, so I would run into this alot ;)designbot
    • :) thanks. i'll just wait then.sea_sea
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