HD cannot format

chinita0018 · Oct 10, 2014

i have a wd my passport then unfortunately it unplugged from the laptop my fault, but the thing is every time i open it now it says need to format.if i will click the format button it says it cant be formatted. what should i do? thanks.

Boogieman_WD · Oct 10, 2014

Hey chinita0018. Try through disk management. Check out this link and choose the corresponding OS for detailed instructions on how to do that: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3865/

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

chinita0018 · Oct 10, 2014

hi boogie thanks for the reply. i did formating still it says unable to format. what should i do?? should i do it again?

Boogieman_WD :

Boogieman_WD · Oct 10, 2014

You could also try to Write Zeros with DLG (Data Lifeguard Diagnostic). This writes zeros on each block of the hard drive, but your data becomes practically almost impossible to be recovered after it. You could try to format this again it after you've done that. Here's a link for the program (it's free): http://support.wdc.com/product/download.asp?groupid=810
And here's a link with instructions on how to do that: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211/

Let me know if this works for you.

chinita0018 · Oct 11, 2014

hi there after 16hrs of formatting (write zero). it doesnt appear at the my computer. if i try to manage it says unallocated. what will be my next step? thanks. i hope it was successful.

Boogieman_WD :

Boogieman_WD · Oct 13, 2014

When you write zeros it deletes everything on the HDD - including the file system. And yes, unfortunately it can take a lot of time depending on the drive's capacity. Now you should format the drive with the specific file system you want e.g. Fat, NTFS.

chinita0018 · Oct 13, 2014

i dnt know what to choose between the FAT and NFTS. so whaty i did is just next next then finish. after using the data life guard i successfully formatted the HD. then from disk management disk 1 is not initialized and the other box i cant make a new volume. so what i did is initialized it and make a new volume after doing that still it says the driver needs to be formatted.

Boogieman_WD :

Boogieman_WD · Oct 13, 2014

You did well initializing the drive. After you've created the new volume, format the drive with the NTFS file system. Just follow the link from my first post, it should be Ok to be formatted this way now.

Search

HD cannot format

chinita0018

Reputable

Boogieman_WD

Boogieman_WD

Judicious

chinita0018

Reputable

Boogieman_WD

Judicious

chinita0018

Reputable

Boogieman_WD

Judicious

chinita0018

Reputable

Boogieman_WD

Judicious

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page