To erase the partition first and then format the drive with Disk Operation failed.” To solve this problem, you have Utility will produce the error: “MediaKit reports not enough space onĭevice for requested operation. If the WD Elements to be formatted contains a GPT partition, Disk Not enough space on device for requested operation Format the drive using another USB/FireWire/eSATA cable and on anotherĬomputer if possible.Temporarily disable any anti-virus and other security software running on.Close all obviously open programs or files.This error occurs when another program or service is actively using WD Elements, suchĪs a file transfer to or from the drive, or security software scanning the drive for However, when trying to format WD Elements for Mac, some users encounter such Format WD Elements failed on Mac, how to fix it? To achieve this goal, you are supposed to format WD Elements for Mac to FAT32 orĮxFAT which is compatible on both Windows and Mac. On both Windows and Mac so that you can transfer data between the two environments. How frustrating it is! There is a common need to make WD Elements drives usable If you own a WD Elements drive in NTFS, it will be only readable but not writable on Most WD Drives come formatted in the NTFS (Windows) or HFS+ (Mac) format.