my external hdd needs to be format but it was uable to format

ErasmusAl

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Hi my name is Erasmus

My external hdd says it needs to be format but its can't and I get a message that says it was unable to format

This is my second external hdd that has done this, and it both happened when i was copping series onto the external

I tried to change the drive letter but it was still unable to format. The partition is healthy but it says its raw

It is a 500GB 2.5" hdd connected with usb 2.0

I even tried to format it on a windows xp pc but still unable to format.
When I try to open the hdd in My Computer it says the volume does not contain a recognizable file system, please make sure that all the required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted.