fio-sure-erase -r /dev/fct# , have you tried that? If i recall it securely erases everything on the drive.
Thanks for your help!
C:\WINDOWS\system32>fio-sure-erase -r /dev/fct0 ...didn't work
Unknown option -- r
invalid option r
C:\WINDOWS\system32>fio-sure-erase /dev/fct0 ...worked! Thanks! Still having issues though...
Erasing blocks: [====================] (100%) /
Warning: Device '/dev/fct0' had a hardware error while sanitizing.
All user data has been erased. However, device /dev/fct0 is no longer usable.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>fio-attach /dev/fct0
Attaching: [====================] (100%) /
Error: Unsupported data format version on '/dev/fct0'.
Please extract old data using your previous driver,
re-format using fio-format, then attach and restore your data.
Additional details about the error may be found in system logs.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>fio-format /dev/fct0
/dev/fct0: Creating block device.
Block device of size 6400.00GBytes (5960.46GiBytes).
Using default block (sector) size of 4096 bytes.
WARNING: Formatting will destroy any existing data on the device!
Do you wish to continue [y/n]? y
WARNING: Do not interrupt formatting!
Formatting: [====================] (100%)
Error: Device '/dev/fct0' had an error while formatting: Invalid input.
Additional details about the error may be found in system logs.
Please see documentation or contact support for further assistance.
C:\WINDOWS\system32>fio-status a
Error: a was not found.
Check the device name again, and ensure the device name matches the driver loaded state.
...still not recognised, still unable to use. Any thoughts? Thank you!!!