how to make a raw partition back to normal?

[Nadeemazad16]

Hey i have a small issue that my hdd is alright coz i got it recently i have 2 hdd i am currently using the second one right now.... the partition was not raw while i got it.. i tried installing windows 7 on that partition 3 times continuously coz i did a lot of mistakes.... then i tried installing windows 8 after all while i couldn't install windows 7 (coz i had lost the product key).... i successfully installed windows 8 and i ran it smoothly... then later on i contacted the shop about the lost key so they gave me a new windows 7 cd and product key... so i tried installing the new windows 7 i couldn't do it because they said the partition 1 is raw...

what to do?

Please help me... i need to fx this

 

[logainofhades]

You need to format the partition.

 

[Nadeemazad16]

I tried formatting it but it did say format was not complete... I tried formatting from computer->manage->disk management and formatted but it still says its raw

 

[Nadeemazad16]

You need to format the partition.

Yes. i tried doing so but not yet working..... it appeared with a box saying the format was not complete

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Nadeemazad16,

What happens when you right click on the RAW partition? As you are trying to format the drive, then I believe you have no data stored over there right?

If you can't really format it, you can back up all the data stored on it and use some third party tool that can write zeros on the drive. This is a process that would fill in 0 value in each sector. Thread on that: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1711997/software-wipe-hdds.html
You need to back up the data stored on it as it would be unrecoverable.

Also, you can check the drive's health status out: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Cheers,
D_Know_WD