Disk Utility ?

[Bluetide]

I'm about to erase an external FW drive (for the first time), and I'm slightly confused about what drive icon to choose. I only have 2 drives (my MAC internal drive, and an OWC FW external drive). When I open Disk Utility there are 4 drive icons. The first one says 60 GB IBM-, then directly under that to the right says Macintosh HD. The second one says 80 GB Oxford, then under that says OWC Mercury. This is the one I want to erase, but what icon do I choose? I would assume it's the last one that says OWC Mercury, but I want to make sure before I make a stupid mistake. Thanks for any help.

[mersisblue]

each drive has two icons I don't know why but if you try to select the wrong one ( excluding the internal hd ) you'll find it doesn't have that option just don't pick one og the top two

[DesertDude]

the top one is the whole drive, the one under it is your volume ( even if it is not partitioned) choose the one under for utilities control.

[Bluetide]

Thank you for the reply. Both icons for the FW drive give me the choice to ERASE them. I think I'm gonna go w/ the last one. Hope I'm right! Thanks again.

[Slim Shady]

You can choose either the one that says "80GB Oxford" or whatever volume name is listed under it. As a previous poster stated, the program lists drives first by their manufacturer/size/connection, then lists volumes that have been created on that drive underneath it. If you were to format a drive into more than one partition, multiple volume names would show up 'underneath and to the right' of the name of the affected drive.

[Bluetide]

Hey guys,
Thanks for clearing this issue up for me. Much appreciated.