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I have 2 Western Digital Drives that show up in SoftRaid Lite, but not in macOS Finder.
I want to remove the SoftRaid drivers so that I can format them with APFS and put them in an OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual.
I tried initializing the drives...which did not work
What command should I use?
Please advise.
Thank you.
Posted : 21/06/2024 5:27 pm
What OS are you running? you may not be able to remove the driver, depending on what MacOS version you are on.
I Assume the volumes if any, on the disks are not mounting, so what is the error if you erase them with Disk Utility?
Posted : 22/06/2024 7:20 pm
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I just ran "Initialize…” using Disk Utility (for the second time) from a MacPro5,1 running macOS Sierra 10.12.6 targeting the a Western Digital Drive sitting in a StarTech USB 3.0 to Dual 2.5/3.5" HDD/SSD Docking Station with UASP connected via USB.
The result both times was the computer crashed/restarted and when it came back the targeted disk was NOT initialized.
I have access to other machines running different macOS versions.
Should I try Disk Utility from my Big Sur laptop or my Ventura laptop?
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?
APFS?
Posted : 22/06/2024 9:26 pm
Attach a SoftRAID tech support file with the disks connected
Posted : 23/06/2024 11:16 am
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Posted : 23/06/2024 11:26 am
What if you "zero disk", 100 sectors? Does that work? It should. then you can use Disk Utility on these drives
Posted : 23/06/2024 10:39 pm
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Right click or menu: "Disk" > "Zero Sectors" > "First and Last 100 sectors" and then Disk Utility worked as you predicted.
Problem solved.
Thank you.
Posted : 24/06/2024 8:23 am
