Re: What app formats a hard disk?

From	"M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: What app formats a hard disk?
Date	2014-03-10 13:57 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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On 3/9/14, 3:51 PM, Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2014.03.09, 15:12 , Brian Gordon wrote:
>> A few years ago I bought an external disk for backups.  It came
>> formatted for
>> a PC, and gave me great pain until I reformatted it as a Mac f/s disk,
>> after
>> which all went well.
>>
>> That disk is dying, and I have ordered another one.  I'm pretty sure I
>> will
>> have to format that, too -- but I can't find a utility that does it
>> :-(  I'm
>> pretty sure I used Disk Doctor, DiskTool Pro, or DiskWarrier before,
>> but none
>> of them seem to have that option now.  Neither man or apropos seem to
>> offer
>> help either.
>>
>> What do I need?
>
> Disk Utility from your Applications folder.  (Spotlight "Disk utility"
> will find and run it.)  Select the disk, erase, and select the format.
Utilities folder,  finder -> Go -> Utilities or open the Utilities 
folder in the Applications folder
>
> Good opportunity to encrypt your external disk as well (journaled,
> encrypted) so that it can be disposed of w/o worrying about its contents
> at its end-of-life.
>

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What app formats a hard disk? briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2014-03-09 15:12 -0400
  Re: What app formats a hard disk? philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-03-09 14:17 -0500
  Re: What app formats a hard disk? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-03-09 19:26 +0000
    Re: What app formats a hard disk? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-10 00:09 +0100
      Re: What app formats a hard disk? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2014-03-09 23:27 +0000
      Re: What app formats a hard disk? David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2014-03-13 01:59 -0700
        Re: What app formats a hard disk? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-14 00:03 +1300
          Re: What app formats a hard disk? Erik Richard Sørensen <tulle@tulle.dk> - 2014-03-13 18:59 +0100
            Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-13 14:04 -0400
              Re: What app formats a hard disk? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-13 20:03 +0100
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-13 17:10 -0400
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? Erik Richard Sørensen <tulle@tulle.dk> - 2014-03-14 00:18 +0100
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-13 19:28 -0400
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-14 01:50 +0000
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-14 10:16 +1300
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? Erik Richard Sørensen <tulle@tulle.dk> - 2014-03-14 00:14 +0100
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-13 19:28 -0400
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-14 13:19 +1300
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-15 09:13 +1300
                Re: What app formats a hard disk? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-14 02:41 +0000
        Re: What app formats a hard disk? ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-03-13 18:22 +0100
          Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-13 13:56 -0400
  Re: What app formats a hard disk? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 15:51 -0400
    Re: What app formats a hard disk? briang@panix.com (Brian Gordon) - 2014-03-09 19:58 +0000
      Re: What app formats a hard disk? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-09 16:17 -0400
      Re: What app formats a hard disk? Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-09 23:10 +0000
        Re: What app formats a hard disk? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-09 19:30 -0500
        Re: What app formats a hard disk? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-10 17:17 -0400
          Re: What app formats a hard disk? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-10 22:22 +0000
    Re: What app formats a hard disk? "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-03-10 13:57 -0400

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