HDD dosen't format completedy.

[andre2149]

Hi there, i have an problem with an old HDD Sata1, and has far i can tell it seens working fine, i can even install with no problems an OS, however, if i try to format, it goes up to 19% of the process, and bloks there, and how that is my question is, why can't i format completedy my HDD?

 

[jsmithepa]

It maybe damaged?

 

[Counteragent666]

if you have another PC / Operating System boot into it (Already have the other HDD connected) and open Command Prompt and type DISKPART

You may want to google to learn all commands.

BE WARNED you can delete whole partitions.

Maybe you can override / force the deletion of partitions of that hard drive and create a new one and format.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there andre2149,

As there may be something wrong with the drive, my suggestion would be to test the drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Apart from that, you can try to write zeros on it(filling in a zero value in each sector) and try to reformat afterwards.

Let us know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

 

[andre2149]

Hi to all, and first of all, I'd like to apologize, for my delay on reply your possible solucions, but it's been a stuff week, so i try to use the programs that you guys indicated, and i believe the HDD it's damage somewhere in the disk, soo i think there is no hope for this HDD....
i also want to thank you all all the help you have give me, especially to "Counteragent666", and to "D_Know_WD", thank you for your help, best regards.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Well, I guess there are some bad sectors on the drive. They should appear as Pending/Reallocate/Uncorrectable sectors count in the SMART report. Yeah, you can't really fix that.

If the drive is under warranty, you can just RMA it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD