cerupcat Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Here are my computer specs: -Sager 2090 -Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 Ghz -160 GB SATA hard drive -4gb RAM My hard drive is partitioned like this: -Primary 20 GB NTFS Windows XP -Primary 40 GB FAT32 for OSX Leopard -Extended 100 GB NTFS for other applications I booted off of the Kalyway disk. If I try to format the 40 GB FAT32 as MAC OS (Journaled) with Disk Utility, it erases but then still reports the volume as being formatted in FAT32. If I try to "Erase Free Space" it gives me an error that it "could not create temporary file". After "erasing" the disk will turn grey and unmount. The only way to mount is and make it black is to erase again as MS-DOS (FAT) format. I can't erase it with MAC OS (Journaled) for some reason. I've tried making the partition unformated, NTFS, FAT32, and moving the osx partition to different parts of the drive. No matter what, the Disk Utility won't erase and make the partition HFS+ / MAC OS (Journaled). I've tried using Partition Magic, Acronis, Gparted. Nothing helps. Is there something special I need to do? Is there another program I can use to format the partition as the right format so I can just load the dvd and install (avoiding Disk Utility entirely)? Thank you for any thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coadey Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Are you able to re-format the empty space as something else when you're in Partition Magic or Gparted? NTFS, ext2/3, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMiXIMi Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 i have the same problem and yes I(and probably him as well)can reformat it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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