The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.Ħ. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.ĥ. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. In the scanning result, choose the file you want to. Step 3 Recover Seagate Hard Drive Lost Files. Choose your Seagate hard drive that detected by the program and click 'Start' button to begin scanning the lost files. Step 2 Select your Seagate External Hard Drive. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.Ĥ. Download and install the program on your Mac. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.ģ. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.Ģ.
OS X can read an NTFS drive but cannot write to one. Was this drive formatted NTFS either by you or from the factory? If so, that's why you can't write to it from the Mac.
