A good how to article, although it is a pretty straight forward process. The point below may be the only problem on how to get the external drive available to format:

To fix the problem System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media and deselect the following options

  • Mount removable drives when hot-plugged
  • Mount Removable Media When Inserted
  • Browse Removable Media When Inserted

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