Harddrive unformattable fix?

[Jimmy_7]

Hello, Im having a issue with my harddrive, it is a 320Gig Maxtor Diamondmax 22. i would like it to be working again, but the computer cannot find it.

I did find it in CMD though.
but here it says the following:
FS= blank.
Type= Removable
Size= 0b
status= no media.

i have tried to select the drive and used clean cmd. but get the message: Virtual Disk Service error: There is no media in the device.

Then i went to format fs=ntfs which gave me: The volume is not formattable

How do i get this harddrive to function?

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Jimmy_7,

Can you upload a screenshot of your Disk Management? How does the HDD appears over there?
How is the drive recognized by BIOS? In case it doesn't show its full capacity over there, then I guess there is something wrong with it.

You can do some basic troubleshooting like attaching it with a different USB cable to a different USB port.
Also, you can try testing it with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[bignastyid]

Have you tried running diagnostics on the drive? But it does sound like a bad drive(aka new paperweight).

 

[SBMfromLA]

Why not download and run Seagate Tools to see if there's an actual problem with the drive. I once had a problem with one of my drives and the manufacturer's tools managed to fix the drive.

http://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/?locale=en-US&name=SeaTools&vgnextoid=720bd20cacdec010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

 

[0MN1P073N7]

Hi there Jimmy_7,

Can you upload a screenshot of your Disk Management? How does the HDD appears over there?
How is the drive recognized by BIOS? In case it doesn't show its full capacity over there, then I guess there is something wrong with it.

You can do some basic troubleshooting like attaching it with a different USB cable to a different USB port.
Also, you can try testing it with some of these: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I'm having the exact same issue with a 64GB Mushkin Ventura Pro. I typically do my work in diskpart as well. However, I did check in in Disk Management. It's just blank space, cannot add partitions or whatnot. I can, however, change the drive letter. Clean command does nothing. If I remove it's driver in Device Manager, it will auto reinstall it upon reseat. However, the diskpart/disk management situation remains unchanged. My fear is that this guy is bricked although it was just kicking ass yesterday.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there 0MN1P073N7,

Unfortunately, it is possible that the device has failed. 🙁
Do you have other options except for the drive letter assign one? Have you tried to assign a different drive letter? It will not hurt to do so.
One last thing you can try is to attach it to a different system.

In case the issue persists, then you will need to get another drive.

D_Know_WD

 

[0MN1P073N7]

Hi there 0MN1P073N7,

Unfortunately, it is possible that the device has failed. 🙁
Do you have other options except for the drive letter assign one? Have you tried to assign a different drive letter? It will not hurt to do so.
One last thing you can try is to attach it to a different system.

In case the issue persists, then you will need to get another drive.

D_Know_WD

Yes I've changed the drive letter. The voluminous service fails on everything else and I tested on two computers. I requested an RMA this morning because as much as I didn't want to admit it, it was a paperweight.

 

[Iggy__]

Your drive sounds as if it is dead but I would recommend that you use MHDD to see if you can fix it.
Download the CD image and burn it to a CD or DVD then boot to it with your drive connected to a PRIMARY,
not SECONDARY, connection on your motherboard.
MHDD had rescued dozens of drive for me over the years.
http://hddguru.com/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/
If it does not work then you drive is definitely dead.