[DM-MUG] How to reformat a travel drive

[Matthew W.]

More info needed. Flash drive? External notebook drive connected via  
USB? Connected to your G5 or other?

Tried plugging it into a different USB port? Some ports on the G5  
(and hubs) don't always operate the same. DON'T use the front port,  
or keyboard, of the G5 if you're having problems. Try a Cinema  
Display or directly connect it to the rear G5/Mac ports.

Matthew

On Aug 27, 2006, at 11:39 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> I have a USB travel drive and need to reformat it to empty it out  
> and copy new stuff to it but on trying to use Disk Utility it is  
> greyed out, can't Erase by selecting either the actual drive or the  
> name under it in the list on the left.  I have tried to both ignore  
> and not ignore ownership and to reset the owners, no dice [keep  
> getting error 195 which doesn't solve the problem] - it is not  
> locked and the Get Info says it is read and writable but I can't do  
> anything with it == how can I get it  back to writable shape as if  
> new???  Thanks.
> -- 
> Victoria L. Herring


Matthew Wheeler
Acting Vice President
Des Moines Macintosh Users Group
http://www.dmmug.org