"Corrupted" 3TB HDD

oldpcsaremything · Aug 26, 2017

Ok, so I was trying to fix an over 1tb drive in 32-bit XP (yes i'm stupid), and it worked. It only showed 700 gigs though (I know why now), and I deleted the partition. A few months later, I put it in a computer that's worth a * for fixing, and Windows 7 x64 is recognizing it, but in disk management its 128GB unallocated with a not initialized error. I'm pretty sure the MBR is *, but is there an easy way to fix it?

USAFRet · Aug 26, 2017

Screencap of Disk Management, please.

(and watch the language. Thanks)

oldpcsaremything · Aug 26, 2017

USAFRet :

mdd1963 · Aug 26, 2017

if you don't need anything from the drive in question, right click on each partition, delete it; the drive then should show as one large area of unallocated space. Right click within that soace, create partition/drive letter, etc...

oldpcsaremything · Sep 3, 2017

mdd1963 :

Did you not see me say "not initialized", I can't delete a partition on it. I can't do anything until it's fixed enough to "initialize". The drive I'm working on is somewhat known for failing, but when I got it working on XP I knew it still had hope. I just corrupted something there.

USAFRet · Sep 3, 2017

oldpcsaremything :

So what happens if you try to Initialize it?

oldpcsaremything · Sep 4, 2017

USAFRet :

Device Failed to Initialize I/O error, something along those line

USAFRet · Sep 4, 2017

oldpcsaremything :

Then it is quite probably a dead drive.
As in D E A D.

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