Windows failed to format; drive now corrupted?

[SuperCell]

I have a Seagate Barracuda 400GB HDD that I removed from an old system. I connected it externally to my current system with a SATA/USB cable and power adapter. When I tried to format the drive, an error massage came up saying Windows could not complete the format. The drive then became inaccessible, with the following error message:



Further attempts to format have again failed.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Razlak]

Try opening a command prompt and using the diskpart tool, list and select the disk, and run a "clean" command on the drive to zero out the partition table. Just make sure you pick the right disk and don't wipe out your boot drive.

 

[Team Merica]

You could try using SeaTools to zero out the drive, and then try formatting again.

I know this is not directly related to your original question, but it may help - I once was trying to encrypt a disk using Windows BitLocker through an external adapter. It failed twice in a row. I tried a different external adapter and it succeeded. You may need to try another adapter? Or you could try inserting it internally.

 

[DrDoU]

You could try using SeaTools to zero out the drive, and then try formatting again.

I know this is not directly related to your original question, but it may help - I once was trying to encrypt a disk using Windows BitLocker through an external adapter. It failed twice in a row. I tried a different external adapter and it succeeded. You may need to try another adapter? Or you could try inserting it internally.

Would go this route and try to zero the drive