The erase button on the utility disk is grey

The erase button on the utility disk is grey and inactive and I need to erase my drive before I can re-install.. long story.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 5, 2021 05:20 PM

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Won't this work Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support?

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