RAW Internal HDD

[max1337]

Hello my Internal HDD (1TB Western digital green) suddenly it became RAW i don't know what to do most of the solutions i found on the internet working only on external HDD. I'm not willing to recover any data i just want to make it usable again..Thanks in advance

Things i tried: DBAN , Partition wizard CD i wiped it then made an NTFS partition, different PC , different SATA cables and different SATA ports.

After i wiped it and made the partition when i booted into my windows it didn't appear so i went to disk management it said " unallocated space " so i tried to make the partition again and it's been on formatting for about 20 minutes now

 

[t0rbaLAN]

It really sounds like the drive is probably dying. Fortunately you won't lose any data. You should check it out with an HDD diagnostic tool just to make sure that this is the case (the manufacturer should offer such a tool, but you can use HD Tune, Crystal Disk Info or other 3rd party tools as well).
If it's still under warranty, go ahead and get it replaced.

 

[atljsf]

what windows do you have, windows 10, updated?

if you already did the dban and used diskpart, the hard idsk should be usable now

if that is not the case, the hard disk is having a weird death

 

[max1337]

what windows do you have, windows 10, updated?

if you already did the dban and used diskpart, the hard idsk should be usable now

if that is not the case, the hard disk is having a weird death

Yes i got windows 10 the last update installed the anniversary update i haven't updated it ever since due to limited data.
I used dban before i might give it another try. and for diskpart I'm trying this now
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk (id)
DISKPART> online disk (if the disk is not online)
DISKPART> attributes disk clear readonly
DISKPART> clean
DISKPART> convert mbr (or gpt)
DISKPART> create partition primary
DISKPART> select part 1
DISKPART> active (if this is the boot partition)
DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label=(name) quick
DISKPART> assign letter (letter)
DISKPART> list volume

 

[atljsf]

never used some of those commands, no sure if required or not

if the drive doesn't work after that, if under warranty, apply warranty, if out of warranty, they look nice on the wall without the shiled, perfect decoration, some convert them into wall clocks!

 

[max1337]

Haha i will do that when i give up. Do you have any idea what commands i should be using ?
and it's not under warranty anymore

 

[atljsf]

i never used the online disk command or the atributes, nor the mbr part

not sure why you use the select part 1, i write select partition 1, perhaps is the same?

this is what i do

list disk

select disk # where # number is the right disk i want to partition

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

format but this step can be skipped, you can format it from diskmanagement or from windows explorer, click on it and should offer you the option

assign

that is what i do when a device is not being cooperative and diskmanagement is dumb

 

[max1337]

never used some of those commands, no sure if required or not

if the drive doesn't work after that, if under warranty, apply warranty, if out of warranty, they look nice on the wall without the shiled, perfect decoration, some convert them into wall clocks!

i never used the online disk command or the atributes, nor the mbr part

not sure why you use the select part 1, i write select partition 1, perhaps is the same?

this is what i do

list disk

select disk # where # number is the right disk i want to partition

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

format but this step can be skipped, you can format it from diskmanagement or from windows explorer, click on it and should offer you the option

assign

that is what i do when a device is not being cooperative and diskmanagement is dumb

thanks very much i will try it and keep you updated.
P.s i forgot to mention it was highly fragmented like 40-45 % before it became raw does this change anything ?

 

[atljsf]

in my humble opinion, no

sounds like a old hard disk that decided to die in a weird manner

but there is life after death!

 

[max1337]

i never used the online disk command or the atributes, nor the mbr part

not sure why you use the select part 1, i write select partition 1, perhaps is the same?

this is what i do

list disk

select disk # where # number is the right disk i want to partition

clean

create partition primary

select partition 1

active

format but this step can be skipped, you can format it from diskmanagement or from windows explorer, click on it and should offer you the option

assign

that is what i do when a device is not being cooperative and diskmanagement is dumb

woah dude i think i fixed it after it cleaned and converted it using diskpart it wouldn't format same with disk management so i used a free software called AOMEI Partition Assistant to format it then i used disk management to assign it a letter and it's fixed now thanks dude

http://imgur.com/a/B3Bi3

 

[atljsf]

what a shame, it could have been a pretty clock!

if the problem repeats again, you know what to do 😀

 

[max1337]

Haha i won't disappoint you.