The error occurs in such situations like formatting Mac as well as partitioning and verification and repairing of Mac disk. ‘ Disk Erase failed with the error: Couldn’t unmount disk.’ The error, which is thrown, is the:ĭisc erase failed couldn’t unmount disc.’ Even the Network deployment tools like Apple’s Netinstall service or the DeployStudio fails, on account of this error.
They are unable to erase or partition the drive.
The user often experiences a problem, while handling some of the Macs, when they are not allowed to repair permissions or directory in Disk Utility.