Improperly formatted HDD no longer detects...?

[Charlie Pawlak]

I have this stubborn 160GB Seagate HDD. A few years ago, I accidentally powered off the computer while it was formatting. (Don't ask me why that happened, I honestly don't remember lol). Anyway, I was trying to use this drive in my testbench, however, it causes the bios to lock up whenever it's connected. I've tried it with different motherboards to simply get the same result. I simply cannot boot into any utility to reformat this drive. Any suggestions?

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... delete all the existing "Partitions" first... power down... and then create a new partition... and try formatting it.

 

[USAFRet]

USB dock.
Power it up after the system is up and running.
Wipe as needed.

 

[Charlie Pawlak]

USB dock.
Power it up after the system is up and running.
Wipe as needed.

Just tried that. Upon trying to access it, explorer stops responding. I've tried it with computer management>storage and that refuses to "Connect to virtual disk service". Will try Diskpart next

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... You need to use a DOS or bootable DOS utility to do Disk maintenance. The WIN OS will just get in the way... Try "TESTDISK" for a whole lot of DOS level DISK maintenance tools.

http://downloads.tomsguide.com/TestDisk,0301-4874.html
other versions...
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

 

[Charlie Pawlak]

Hello... You need to use a DOS or bootable DOS utility to do Disk maintenance. The WIN OS will just get in the way... Try "TESTDISK" for a whole lot of DOS level DISK maintenance tools.

http://downloads.tomsguide.com/TestDisk,0301-4874.html
other versions...
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

Still does not work. Also tried DISKPART and it got stuck loading

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Well you may need to re-flash the Firmware on it then... check the website of the maker for the flashing tool and file for that model.

What tools did you try on it? B /