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sonuc85 · August 20th, 2008, 06:48 AM

Hi,
I have Seagate 160GB HDD. I was using the drive for 8months without any issues and i had 3 partitions(50GB,50GB,49GB). One day i start the comp and i can't access some files on 3rd partition. I tried to troubleshoot as far as possible.....no go.

Then i tried to format the drive(quick format and normal) but i got a message "could not format the drive" and partition become inaccessiable. I try to repartition the drive, i can create 2 partition successfully but while creating 3rd partition failed. I tried with "SEAGATE Disk Wizard" to do repartition....result same for 3rd partition. Even I tried to repartition with windows Disk Mgmt...no go and also I tried to repartition with windows XP CD .......failed.

I contact SEAGATE Tech Support they told to Run "LONG DST-TEST" with SeaTools. I got "Test-Failed". Support people said to replace the Drive.

Now I got a drive replacement. But still I have same Issue. So far i tried to format with NTFS File sys. With SEAGATE Disk Wizard i tried to repartition with FAT32, i surprised....................partition successfull and size also same(50GB,50GB,49GB) for drive partitions which was wierd

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Again i tried with seagate disk wizard with NTFS.......failed for 3rd partition

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I need my drive be in NTFS

Any solutions..........Helppppppppppppppppppp......... ............................

August 20th, 2008, 06:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
sonuc85 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4	Unable to format the drive partition Hi, I have Seagate 160GB HDD. I was using the drive for 8months without any issues and i had 3 partitions(50GB,50GB,49GB). One day i start the comp and i can't access some files on 3rd partition. I tried to troubleshoot as far as possible.....no go. Then i tried to format the drive(quick format and normal) but i got a message "could not format the drive" and partition become inaccessiable. I try to repartition the drive, i can create 2 partition successfully but while creating 3rd partition failed. I tried with "SEAGATE Disk Wizard" to do repartition....result same for 3rd partition. Even I tried to repartition with windows Disk Mgmt...no go and also I tried to repartition with windows XP CD .......failed. I contact SEAGATE Tech Support they told to Run "LONG DST-TEST" with SeaTools. I got "Test-Failed". Support people said to replace the Drive. Now I got a drive replacement. But still I have same Issue. So far i tried to format with NTFS File sys. With SEAGATE Disk Wizard i tried to repartition with FAT32, i surprised....................partition successfull and size also same(50GB,50GB,49GB) for drive partitions which was wierd. Again i tried with seagate disk wizard with NTFS.......failed for 3rd partition. I need my drive be in NTFS Any solutions..........Helppppppppppppppppppp......... ............................