zeekyhbomb Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Recently received a new SATA Hard drive, Western Digital Caviar Blue 640GB. I have it set up in BIOS and its reading it as being there. When I tried to format through windows, it said the format could not properly complete; so I went onto WD website and got the 'Data Lifeguard Tools' which is their installation program. First I tried in one large partition, it wouldn't work. Then I tried in 5 partitions under 137GB each to see if it was an OS problem, and it still won't work. The tools say that it is formatted, partitioned and ready to use at the end of the process, but when I click I get a message saying the drive is not formatted, and if I would like to format it; then the loop continues. I am really stuck with what to do at this point, please, any help would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto_the_Phoenix Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Off the top of my head I'm not sure. Perhaps it has to do with the formatting tools that you're using. I'm unfamiliar with Windows' built-in formatting scheme, but it could be due to that software. Linux User/Enthusiast | Full-Stack Software Engineer | Stack Overflow Member | GIMP User...Alright, the Elf City update lured me back to RS over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeDaStudd Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Download GParted Live CD and format it using that. Make sure its in a format windows can use though. [hide=Drops]Dragon Axe x11Berserker Ring x9Warrior Ring x8SeercullDragon MedDragon Boots x4 - all less then 30 kcGodsword Shard (bandos)Granite Maul x 3Solo only - doesn't include barrows[/hide][hide=Stats][/hide] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloter Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Try deleteing the partition on the drive and making a new one? You do do this using GParted as JoeDaStudd suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Are you trying to format using the diskmgmt utility in Windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeekyhbomb Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 I tried with Diskmgmt first, when I got the error at the end about formatting unsuccessfully, I tried the WD application. I'll try this other one that is being recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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