"read-only" restriction of a brand new HD

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the question is simple : how to reformat the HD (5Tb) in HFS+ or exFAT format to use it on my mac ?

(currently NTFS windows 10 format)

:help:

thanks in advance, folks !

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An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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yeah...it should...

operation failed :(

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hmm, weird. got access to a windows system at all?

if so, you could format to exfat there, or perhaps even use diskpart to remove all the partitions
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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This goes into more detail:
https://blog.seagate.com/consumers/how- ... for-a-mac/
Also, some drives have a tiny slider that make it read-only and may cause a 'fail'
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