Do want to format a hard drive of your Mac OS X? Well, You can easily format a hard drive of your Mac OS X by using Mac OS X Disk Utility. If you don’t know how to format a Hard Drive using Mac OS XDisk Utility then simply follow the step by step instructions posted below using which you will be able to format a Hard Drive using Mac OS X Disk Utility. Now follow the steps carefully.
STEP 1. From the Applications: Utilities folder you have to launch Disk Utility.
STEP 2. Now you have to choose the drive you would like to format from the list on the left.
STEP 3. Now simply click on the Erase tab.
STEP 4. Now you have tho choose the format you would like the drive to be in from the Volume Format dropdown.
STEP 5. In the Name field simply enter the title for your volume.
STEP 6. In order to specify how to erase the drive simply press the Security Options button then you can select: Don’t Erase Data, Zero Out Data, 7-Pass Erase, or 35-Pass Erase. After that simply click on the OK button.
STEP 7. Now simply click the Erase button to start the format.
STEP 8. Now you will be able to see a popup which will ask you to confirm the format. Now simply click on Erase button. Now you can see a a status bar which shows the progress of your format.
STEP 9. You can see the disk remount in Disk Utility after the format has completed.
That’s it. By following the above steps you can format a Hard Drive using Mac OS X Disk Utility. If you found any difficulty in following the above steps then feel free to ask in the comment section below. [Via]
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