Question NEED HELP ASAP * HDD Reformatting

[SeanK135]

so i put a clean install of windows onto my pc and wiped my hdd and ssd but i had to re initialise my hdd to get it to show up gut to initialize it i needed to format it and everytime i try to it just doesnt work, it says its formatting but its not, i left it for like an hour or 2 and nothing and tried again and again, really hope someone can help i Really need it!!!

 

[rgd1101]

was there an issue that cause you to wipe and clean install?

full system spec?
how old is that hdd?

 

[SeanK135]

was there an issue that cause you to wipe and clean install?

full system spec?
how old is that hdd?

Pc seemed to have slowed down a lot and had suspicions of maybe having a virus. So I cleaned it off. Just deleted all partitions and data

And system specs are
R5 2600
Rx5500xt
Asus prime b450m-a
16gb corsair vengace lpx 3000mhz
250gb ssd and 1tb hdd (the hdd is the one I've got the issue with)

 

[Lafong]

Does the PC boot OK if the 1 TB HDD is totally disconnected?

 

[SeanK135]

Does the PC boot OK if the 1 TB HDD is totally disconnected?

Yes the ssd is my boot drive. I can't get my hdd to initialize in disk manager. Well I can but then it needes formatting and gets stuck in that.

 

[falcon291]

Load CrystalDiskinfo and check if the disk is OK. There is something fishy about your HDD.

 

[SeanK135]

Load CrystalDiskinfo and check if the disk is OK. There is something fishy about your HDD.

will do, ill load it up and get back to you

 

[SeanK135]

Load CrystalDiskinfo and check if the disk is OK. There is something fishy about your HDD.

says it good no fauts or anything

 

[Dragos Manea]

use aomei partition assistant and dont forget to check the quick format option

 

[SeanK135]

use aomei partition assistant and dont forget to check the quick format option

ok im in aomei so now what option do i select for wiping method? is it fill sectors with zero?
(sorry never used aomie before)

 

[Lafong]

Wiping is one thing.

Formatting is another.

Deleting partitions is another.

Any of the 3 might do what you want.

You need to be careful you are not operating on the wrong drive.

 

[Dragos Manea]

ok im in aomei so now what option do i select for wiping method? is it fill sectors with zero?
(sorry never used aomie before)

Post a screen, you entered wipe partition, not format i think.

 

[SeanK135]

Post a screen, you entered wipe partition, not format i think.

your right i was under wipe, i cant find the option to format where do i find it

 

[SeanK135]

OK so i found the option formatted and got an error right at the end of the format,
it says
""
Sorry, the current operation has been canceled!
Information Code: 207
Description:Failed to update some fixed location (with bad cluster).

i have no clue as to where to go from here to be honest

 

[Dragos Manea]

Means that your hdd has failed, its time for a new one

 

[SeanK135]

Means that your hdd has failed, its time for a new one

The one thing i was trying to avoid...
theres no other options?

any ideas what caused it to fail? would malware have caused it or maybe could i have done something in the past to screw it over??

 

[Dragos Manea]

Usually when a cluster has failed is a hardware defect that cannot be repaired, it is not depending on software but literally something has happened to the disc physically.

 

[SeanK135]

Usually when a cluster has failed is a hardware defect that cannot be repaired, it is not depending on software but literally something has happened to the disc physically.

ok i understand so no other option but to get anew one anyway is the long story short of it
and any ideas what caused it to fail? would malware have caused it or maybe could i have done something in the past to screw it over??

 

[Lafong]

Very little chance you could find out why.

It's an electro-mechanical device. All of them have limited life spans. Only way around it is to have 2 copies of the stuff on the drive.

 

[SeanK135]

Also before i wiped my pc i was getting disk write errors when trying to download or update games so would that indicate the drives damage?

 

[Lafong]

Also before i wiped my pc i was getting disk write errors when trying to download or update games so would that indicate the drives damage?

Yeah, that would be an indicator.

 

[SeanK135]

Yeah, that would be an indicator.

ye thougt so

 

[SeanK135]

Well Thanks to everyone for helping!
guess its time to buy a new drive