Hi, Formatting it to MacOS Extended (Journealed) is the best if you're only going to be using it with a Mac. Sometimes, there are just hardware problems in the mass manufacturing of things. I don't think that you did anything wrong, it's just an unlucky fluke.
Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 21, 2018, at 12:04, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi tim: Hope it will be the 2nd :D will gona copy all my data. but strange that this HD is very new, i bought it just from 3 weeks. but before formatting,i formatted it extended journaled, is it good, or i must choose another kind of formatting? thanks in advance > On Oct 21, 2018, at 5:04 PM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > wrote: > > Hi, > > This can be caused by either hardware failure of the drive itself, or > corrupted formatting that causes bad sectors on the drive. In the first > case, you are usually out of luck and cannot recover data, other than bits > and pieces. In the second case, do as they say. Get yourself a second drive > of similar or larger size, and copy the data from the offending device to the > new one. This needs to be done in a timely manner, otherwise the problem > tends to get worse and you risk losing all the data on the drive. If it is > the latter of the two problems, you'll be able to reformat the drive and use > it again without residual issues. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Apple Teacher > (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Oct 21, 2018, at 06:35, Ramy Moustafa <ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > <mailto:ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi all my friends: > I got a new Seegate HD. > after 2 or 3 weeks. > when opening my mac, i got a message that my Seegate Hd can not be scaned, i > will not be able to save or copy on it, but still can access my data. > it asked me to take a backup from it very soon. and reformat My HD. > > i went to disk utility,and made run 1st aid, and it failed. > i will write here what were failed during the scan: > THe Operation over all is failed. > > details: > File system verify or repair. faile. > The volume see gate could not be verified completly. > Invalid Record count. > VOlume could not be unmounted. > It is 4 Tb. so taking all data is really difficult. > need to know your opinion, > and what can cause this issue? > > thanks in advance > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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