Format the drive using another USB/FireWire/eSATA cable and on another computer if possible.Not enough space on device for requested operation If the WD Elements to be formatted contains a GPT partition, Disk Utility will produce the error: “MediaKit reports not enough space on device for requested operation. Operation failed.” To solve this problem, you have to erase the partition first and then format the drive with Disk Utility. You will get a prompt that erasing WD Elements will delete all data stored on it and cannot be undone. When you suffer from WD external drive format failed on Mac, you must be wondering whether there are workarounds to formatting WD Elements for Mac. Find efficient methods of WD external drive format for Mac here: Quick workarounds to formatting WD Elements for MacĬonnecting the WD Elements drive to a computer running Windows operating system, you will get quick workarounds to formatting WD Elements for Mac. Note: Formatting will erase all data on the disk, please save important data by online backup or local backup beforehand. Method 1: format WD Elements for Mac via Command Promptġ. Hit Windows Key + X on your keyboard, and select Command Prompt (Admin) from the menu.Ĥ. Type select disk # (ex: disk 2) to select the WD Elements drive to be formatted and press Enter. You may get indication from the size of the disk.ĥ. Type clean to remove all information on the drive and press Enter.Ħ. Type create partition primary to create a partition and press Enter.ħ.

Type format fs=exfat quick to format the partition as exFAT and press Enter.Ĩ. Type assign letter=# （ex: letter=G) to assign a drive letter and press Enter.ĩ. Type exit and press Enter twice to exit Diskpart and Command Prompt continuously.Ĭommand Prompt is unable to format a partition over 32GB as FAT32. Due to the big capacity of WD Elements drives, you are recommended formatting them as exFAT.

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