Cannot Format New Hdd Under 10 6 Macbook Air Models A1237 And A1304

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There is a lot of discussion all over the web about it, but i couldn’t find a solution yet. When i try to erase or format a brand new ATA 1.8" 80GB drive (Samsung HS082HB/A) using disk utility i get this error message “POSIX reports: The operation couldn’t be completed. Cannot allocate memory” Under 10.5 it’s similar, it only says i/o error instead. The disk seems to be named nearly randomly, things like SAISQNC or else and sometimes it shows a capaticy above 2 PB. I think its the disk controller or the ZIF cable. Great if somebody has a different suggestion.

Try reformatting with another OS, Windows or Ubuntu. You can run a VM of Ubuntu on your mac and mount it onto the VM and use disk manager in ubuntu to do it.

Google GParted; a free piece of live sofware you won’t need to install, you just need to burn it on a regular blank cd and startup your computer from there. That should format your drive.

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