How do I format a write-protected external hdd?
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I have a 1TB HDD drive that came with some encryption utility that is only available for windows machines. I primarily use mac and linux machines so I would like to reformat the drive.
Some immediate information. When I plug the drive in, it tries to mount something and throws an error before I do anything.
Now, when I actually try to create a new partition table, I use gparted but I am getting errors about write-protected and read-only partitions. I've also tried using hdparm to set readonly to 0, gparted still throws the same errors.
I am going to make the assumption that I am missing a bit of information here. I would like to investigate further but I don't know where to look. What am I missing? How can I get back to using this hard drive?
command-line external-hdd partition-table file-format
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I have a 1TB HDD drive that came with some encryption utility that is only available for windows machines. I primarily use mac and linux machines so I would like to reformat the drive.
Some immediate information. When I plug the drive in, it tries to mount something and throws an error before I do anything.
Now, when I actually try to create a new partition table, I use gparted but I am getting errors about write-protected and read-only partitions. I've also tried using hdparm to set readonly to 0, gparted still throws the same errors.
I am going to make the assumption that I am missing a bit of information here. I would like to investigate further but I don't know where to look. What am I missing? How can I get back to using this hard drive?
command-line external-hdd partition-table file-format
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
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If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28
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I have a 1TB HDD drive that came with some encryption utility that is only available for windows machines. I primarily use mac and linux machines so I would like to reformat the drive.
Some immediate information. When I plug the drive in, it tries to mount something and throws an error before I do anything.
Now, when I actually try to create a new partition table, I use gparted but I am getting errors about write-protected and read-only partitions. I've also tried using hdparm to set readonly to 0, gparted still throws the same errors.
I am going to make the assumption that I am missing a bit of information here. I would like to investigate further but I don't know where to look. What am I missing? How can I get back to using this hard drive?
command-line external-hdd partition-table file-format
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
1
I have a 1TB HDD drive that came with some encryption utility that is only available for windows machines. I primarily use mac and linux machines so I would like to reformat the drive.
Some immediate information. When I plug the drive in, it tries to mount something and throws an error before I do anything.
Now, when I actually try to create a new partition table, I use gparted but I am getting errors about write-protected and read-only partitions. I've also tried using hdparm to set readonly to 0, gparted still throws the same errors.
I am going to make the assumption that I am missing a bit of information here. I would like to investigate further but I don't know where to look. What am I missing? How can I get back to using this hard drive?
command-line external-hdd partition-table file-format
command-line external-hdd partition-table file-format
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
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asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
1
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
1
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
1
asked Oct 11 '17 at 7:00
Jordan
1
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If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28
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If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28
If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28
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If you don't care about the content of the drive you don't need to mount it to be able to reformat it. The drive has to be unmounted to be able to format it.
– Ziazis
Oct 11 '17 at 7:02
Right and /dev/sdc isn't mounted. I think that initial error is the drive automatically trying to mount a virtual cdrom so the encryption software can get installed. I guess I could try looking for all mounted drives.
– Jordan
Oct 11 '17 at 7:28