How to Quick Format a Drive or Removable Media in Mac OS 9

There's a quick and simple method for formatting a drive or removable media, such as a floppy disk or USB flash drive, in Mac OS 9.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Quick Format

1. Make sure to copy anything you need before formatting, which erases everything on whatever media you format.

2. Single-click the disk's icon on your desktop to format.

3. Pull down the “Special” menu from the top of the screen and select “Erase Disk...”

4. Enter whatever name you want in the “Name:” field in the window that pops up. If the disk is a hard drive, select “Mac OS Extended” from the “Format:” pulldown. If the disk is not a hard drive (such as a Zip Disk or other removable media), select “Mac OS Standard” for the format.

5. Press “Erase.” The drive will be formatted and ready to use.

Tips & Warnings

• You can find more advanced articles on formatting right here on eHow.

[tbonez]

on 7/30/2008 Trying to following these directions to reformat a USB Flash drive, but in step 4 there is no pulldown menu to choose a format. The only choice is DOS. I am running Mac OS 9.2. Suggestions?