November 25, 200817 yr 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.
November 25, 200817 yr 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.
November 25, 200817 yr 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]
November 25, 200817 yr Try deleteing the partition on the drive and making a new one? You do do this using GParted as JoeDaStudd suggested.
November 25, 200817 yr Author 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.
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