Formatting a new HDD

I just purchased a 500GB My Book external HDD to use exclusively for pix files. I already have a similar drive for Time Machine connected by firewire. I have the new drive connected by USB. Questions:
1. Do I need to format the new HDD before I transfer files to it?
2. I have read that picture post processing can be speeded up by creation of a scratch disk. Do I need to partition the new HDD and use one strictly for the scratch disk?
3. Would it help effieiency to transfer my picture software to the new HDD?
I really appreciate your help. I've asked these questions on a couple of photography forums but so far no replies.

andouille07 wrote:
1. Do I need to format the new HDD before I transfer files to it?
Unless the drive was marketed specifically for Mac, I'd format it using Disk Utility.
2. I have read that picture post processing can be speeded up by creation of a scratch disk. Do I need to partition the new HDD and use one strictly for the scratch disk?
Others may disagree, but you might want to try with your scratch disk assignment pointed to your external disk, but I wouldn't create a separate partition for it.
3. Would it help efficiency to transfer my picture software to the new HDD?
I'd leave that software on your boot disk.

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Can't format my new HDD (WD3200bevt)

i bought a new internal hard drive yesterday and i found that i can't format it (i am sure that the new HDD set in my MBP corrected). i used disk utility to erase it, then says "file system formatter failed." i googled everything but, nothing. i tried to follow the instruction i googled that change the partition type to Guid, however it says again and again too("file system formatter failed."). it almost drive me crazy. i don't know how to solve it.
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Hi there,
I don't have direct experience of your problem but have suggestions.
1. Try some of the things suggested on this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1288978&start=0&tstart=0
2. In disk utility click on the logical name of the HD in the side bar (in my case that's a long name with code for the drive and size), select this and not the partition name! then click on the partition tab. From the drop down select one partition. From options select GUID. Then the filesystem as HFS+ Journaled etc. Then click erase. Does that make any difference?
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Hi,
first as a new member,i send many thanks for both Lenovo community and Thinkpad.com Forum members for their great help in the thinkpad users world.....
Following one of the very good advices of Ajikula,i bought a new Samsung HM160HC IDE HDD to upgrade my old Hitachi 60 Gb on my R50p(1832 2ag)...
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Thank you very much for your future help..!!
I apologize for my somewhat approximative english..!!
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Eric
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Hi,
so first of all you need to understand, that RnR (Rescue and Recovery) is not an imaging tool, it is a backup tool, which means, that in the backup are multiple informations stored. With information I mean also the alocated space. Which means in reality:
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- if you try to restore it on a 50GB HDD, then you may experience unexpected results, as the backup is expecting a 60GB HDD.
So in this case what you can do is to create a second partition from the rest, that was left from the restore.
What you can create is a NTFS Partition.
Let me know, if you need any more information.
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I'm not sure who recommended the Scorpio Blue to you....
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Does anyone write zeros to your new HDDs? I typically have always done this with brand new HDDs but just curious if there's any benefit to it anymore?
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Indeed there are benefits. First, the drive is received prepped for a different operating system and a different partition mapping scheme. You don't know when sectors may have soft errors even when factory new.
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New HDD Data Doubler Error formating

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How can I format my new blank HDD that I just install ?

How can I format my new blank HDD that I just install ?

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Hello! I apologize if this is really long. I'm hoping someone can help me out!
My MacBook Pro recently crashed. I woke it from sleep one evening and was greeted with a flashing folder & question mark. I ended up using this as an excuse to upgrade from the original 500gb HDD and purchased a new 1TB Seagate HDD (Model : STBD1000100 ) I installed the new HDD and booted from the Internet Recovery system. From there I entered Disc Utility and tried to format the HDD. No luck. When I would try to partition it how I was supposed to, it gives me an error saying it cannot create a partition or even erase the drive. After searching this site, I found a tutorial on how to do it external. I put the new HDD into a case and plugged it in via USB. From here I was able to format the HDD and even install OSX Lion (this is what my Mac came with.). After formatting and installing the operating system, I reinstalled the HDD into my Mac. I plugged in the external HDD I have been using since the crash & opened up start up disk. When the options came up, the new HDD wasn't there! I went into Disk Utility again to make sure it was at least recognizing the HDD. DU showed the hard drive but when I clicked on it, it said the drive was unformatted and the partition I had made previously was now renamed and grayed out. I can't modify it in anyway.
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I can format new hdd with FAT but not for OSX

I have a Hitahchi travelstar 5K1000 in a cradle on USB on MBP 2008 with mavericks. It will format Mac OS journaled but will not allow install of Mavericks, reporting an unfixable error. Verify Disk & Repair Disk show errors that cannot be fixed, and suggest erase. Which is where I started. The disk accepts FAT format without problem.
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MacPro 1,1 Quadcore 3 GHz (2006 "Woodcrest")
32 GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5770
OS X 10.7.5 Lion
I have encountered the following behavior when trying to format a new drive with disk utility. This description has also been send via the Mac Pro feedback as a bug report to Apple.
On searching the web and forums with this particular error message and behaviour I could not find any usful results. So maybe the following description may be helpful for some users.
Best regards.
1. Drive Bay 1 contains the original 250 GB Startupdisk. It works without errors.
2. Drive Bays 3 and 4 contain each a WD Caviar Black 2 TB SATA 3 HDD. They work without errors.
3. I have purchased a third WD Caviar Black 2 TB HDD.
4. In Drive Bay 2 there has been a Seagate 750 GB HDD, which worked in conjunction with all the other drives without error.
5. I exchanged the Seagate HDD in Drive Bay 2 with the new WD Caviar Black 2 TB HDD.
6. On starting the system, it will report to initialize the new drive.
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8. I thought that the drive is faulty. Thus I created an RMA-Case at WD. They exchanged the drive without problems.
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10.1 On selecting the physical drive in the devices list, disk utility reports all information in the bottom area of its window as usual, e. g. hard disk description, connection bus, type and place, capacity, write status, SMART-status, partition scheme.
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Hello, Apple and all.
Yesterday I get hung a computer after sleep (first time in half a year after replacing the Logic Board).
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Resetting the SMC / PRAM has not solved the problem.
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Hey guys.. im new and this is my first post
Recently my Macbook Air rev a 80gb original hdd was failing *S.M.A.R.T* so i knew its time for a new hdd soon anyways... then i managed to format it with disk utility one day then after that it completely stopped detecting in disk utilitiy. now got my new hdd which is exactly the same *confirmed* and well its not detecting with my macbook...
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2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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Replace HDD w/ Win 8 with new HDD w/Win 7

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Is there anything in the BIOS that would prevent me from doing this? If so, can the settings be modded to accomplish my plan?
I intend to use an identical bare drive and load Win 7 on it.
Will a new, retail copy of Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64bit Full System Builder License and Media, GFC 020250 (1 machine, 1 license) be the correct version of the OS install. I want Home Prem.
My intention is to keep the original HDD with Win 8 in case warranty issues arise in the future or will the motherboard marriage be a problem?
details for the laptop:
prod #: F9L64UA#ABA
HDD: ST750LM0 22 HN-M750MBB SATA (Samsung)
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disclaimer: my last cert was on Win XP, so I am way behind the curve on Win 8.
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****Disclaimer*****
HP doesn't recommend the installation of Windows 7 on a computer shipped with Windows 8, nor will it support the installation of Windows 7. HP will not provide Windows 7 drivers and suitable drivers may not be available for the hardware in the computer. Also, Windows 7 may not support some of the hardware or software features designed for the computer.
Make sure you create your HP Recovery Discs or USB Flash Recovery media before modifying or changing ANYTHING... even if you are going to swap in a new HDD.
You will need to DISABLE "Secure Boot" and maybe ENABLE "Legacy Support" in the "BIOS Secure Boot cofiguration" on the settings page shown below, before you can attempt to install Windows 7;
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Additionally, as the hard drive may be partitioned as GPT, you may have to boot the computer using the "UEFI - CD/DVD drive" or "UEFI - USB Flash drive" options in the "F9" boot menu. If "UEFI - CD/DVD drive", "UEFI - USB Flash drive" or something to that effect doesn't exist in the boot menu, please post a screen shot and/or descibe the listed boot options.
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Most of the Windows 7 drivers from the HP Pavilion g7z-2100 CTO Notebook PC Drivers page should work on your computer, however you may need to source some drivers directly from the chipset manufacturers's support sites.
Please post the Windows Device Manager's "Hardware Ids" for any additional missing or unknown devices as shown in the example below;
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