[X4U] Disk Erase failed

[alexandre]

that's what i did BEFORE the disk "crashed". now it doesn't even appear in disk utility… so yes, the hard drive is probably dead!

it's still under warranty, i bought it last year at the apple store in london and there's a apple store in zurich where i live… but all of my RAW files (2'000!) from a 4 week asia trip are on that drive (a back-up luckily…) and i wouldn't want anybody retrieving them if i leave apple or lacie the drive. call me paranoid…

thanks anyway!

alexandre

> <snip>
> 
> Try this:
> 
> open up diskutility
> 
> select your disk (not partition under disk but the main disk selection
> at top level)
> 
> select Partiton in the tabs at the right
> 
> under Volume scheme select 1 Partition in the drop down and name it
> what you want at the right
> 
> selection options and GUID Partition Table, click OK
> 
> click Apply
> 
> If that doesn't work (since you 've tried in other OS's also), your
> disk might have died.
> 
> -wes
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