"Error erasing Time Maching back up disk 'My Book'"

[Awesomellama]

Computer: MacBook

OS X: 10.6.8

So I’m trying to set up my My Book on my mac, and when I tell Time Machine to erase my My Book in order to make it compatible with mac, it comes up with this error message:

I’ve restarted my computer, ejected the My Book, and retried, but to no avail. Any suggestions?

[Trancer]

Welcome to the Community.

What happens if you try to manually format the unit by means of Disk Utility? instructions are available in the following link:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3865/

[jebusx]

Awesomellama wrote:

Computer: MacBook

OS X: 10.6.8

So I’m trying to set up my My Book on my mac, and when I tell Time Machine to erase my My Book in order to make it compatible with mac, it comes up with this error message:

I’ve restarted my computer, ejected the My Book, and retried, but to no avail. Any suggestions?

Try the Disk Utility to format your drive.  Remember to turn off TMB first.