Formatting the new Hard Drive... at DVinfo.net

Blake Cavett · April 3rd, 2009, 02:04 PM

I am as ignorant as they come when it comes to anything electrical, mechanical, etc.

It is a sad existence.

I upgraded recently to an Intel Mac and successfully pulled my media drive out of my old Mac and got it into my new one. How? I 'youtubed' it and found a 46 second tutorial. Hey, it beats paying my nearest Apple store a hundred bucks to do it!

Anyways... I'm going to run out of room soon on this hard drive and will need another. I can install a hard drive... but formatting? What up?! Someone tell me it's simple and there's nothing to it (and then laugh at me later).

Heath McKnight · April 3rd, 2009, 02:11 PM

Is it the start-up drive or an external drive? It's not clear.

Heath

Robert Lane · April 3rd, 2009, 02:34 PM

Are you replacing the single internal drive on a laptop or one of the (4) internals in a Mac Pro?

Heath McKnight · April 3rd, 2009, 02:45 PM

I recommend getting a drive enclosure from Find the latest Performance Upgrades, Firewire and USB Hard Drives, SATA, Memory, Laptop Battery, and more at OWC and putting the old drive in it. That's what I did recently when I swapped out my old drive for a bigger one in my MacBook.

heath

Blake Cavett · April 3rd, 2009, 03:15 PM

It will another internal drive... 500GB... and slide it into the 3rd bay. It will be just for media for editing.

Heath McKnight · April 3rd, 2009, 03:38 PM

Then format it as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

heath

April 3rd, 2009, 02:04 PM	#1
Blake Cavett Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Madison Posts: 330	Formatting the new Hard Drive... I am as ignorant as they come when it comes to anything electrical, mechanical, etc. It is a sad existence. I upgraded recently to an Intel Mac and successfully pulled my media drive out of my old Mac and got it into my new one. How? I 'youtubed' it and found a 46 second tutorial. Hey, it beats paying my nearest Apple store a hundred bucks to do it! Anyways... I'm going to run out of room soon on this hard drive and will need another. I can install a hard drive... but formatting? What up?! Someone tell me it's simple and there's nothing to it (and then laugh at me later). __________________ I like my oatmeal lumpy.

April 3rd, 2009, 02:11 PM	#2
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Is it the start-up drive or an external drive? It's not clear. Heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

April 3rd, 2009, 02:45 PM	#4
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	I recommend getting a drive enclosure from Find the latest Performance Upgrades, Firewire and USB Hard Drives, SATA, Memory, Laptop Battery, and more at OWC and putting the old drive in it. That's what I did recently when I swapped out my old drive for a bigger one in my MacBook. heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

April 3rd, 2009, 03:15 PM	#5
Blake Cavett Major Player Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Madison Posts: 330	It will another internal drive... 500GB... and slide it into the 3rd bay. It will be just for media for editing. __________________ I like my oatmeal lumpy.

April 3rd, 2009, 03:38 PM	#6
Heath McKnight MPS Digital Studios Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Beach County, Florida Posts: 8,531	Then format it as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled). heath __________________ My Final Cut Pro X blog

April 3rd, 2009, 02:34 PM	#3
Robert Lane Go Go Godzilla Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Scottsdale, AZ USA Posts: 2,788 Images: 15	Are you replacing the single internal drive on a laptop or one of the (4) internals in a Mac Pro?