Storage Solutions windows cannot format HDD

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liquidmonkey

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hi,
have taken an older HDD and put it into a new computer and went to
format it using disk management (NTFS) but at the end i get an error message
saying the "windows was unable to complete the format" and then says
"the disk in drive E cannot be formatted".
when clicking on the drive in explorer an error comes up saying the
disk is not formatted.
i've tried 3 times to format it, including a quick format and still the same.
this particular HDD had windows on it before but should that really
make a difference?

am using winXP pro SP2
the HDD is an IDE Maxtor 60gig. the jumpers are set to slave.

any help is appreciated and thanks in advance!
 
good work!!

there are 2 errors during the format process...

event 11 - disk error

the driver detected a controller error on \device\harddisk1\D

event 15 - JRAID error

the device, \device\scsi\JRAID1 is not ready for access yet
 
I guess that is the drive you are trying to format. To verify, try formatting again, and see if a new instance of those errors appears. The errors are timestamped, so you can see whether they were generated as a result of the (failed) attempt to format. Also, do you have the RAID controller enabled by any chance (why is it trying to use it?)?

You may want to look into getting a replacement.
 
this is crazy cause that HDD worked in my dads old computer for years and now when i try to reformat it goes to garbage? weird and not right, there must be something that can be done...

will try the diagnostic tool from maxtor and also try to delete the partition b4 i format...thanks!
 
Just asked a friend of mine who had similar problem with an HDD.

As marun said .. Formatting in DOS worked for him.

Boot your PC in DOS mode and then try formatting. Not through prompt inside windows.
 
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