HDD will not format

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 07:37 PM

Hey Its Truckie Again:

I am currently trying to format a HDD i recieved from a pull today. Its is a SAMSUNG SV4002H 40GB HDD. The trouble I am having is that the drive will not format in FAT32 or NTFS format. I have tried to format it about 5 times now and continue to collect error messages from the effort. I had also tried using it as a slave and format it that way through XP but it will not do such a task. It starts to format but then proceeds to lock up my computer. It shows up in my hardware monitor and it is said to be in running order.

Can anyone explain this problem a little to me. I really dont want to have to send it off for a RMA deal. Its a nice sized drive. I may be interested in offering a reward to the person whom can help me overcome this problem.

REWARD: 9.73GB HDD IDE 5400 rpm drive. (currently using until this mess is cleared up. Reward recipient will pay shipping but drive will be free. Thanks.

REQUIREMENTS FOR REWARD: Help me make this into a WORKING drive. If i have to RMA it then the reward is not given.

Thanks,

Truckie

PS: hope thats enough incentive to get this resolved

**maface** · September 24th, 2003, 07:43 PM

Western digitals data Lifeguard software might be able to format it. It say its for WD only but I think I've used it before for other drives

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp#dlgtools

another thought have you tried fdisk first then formatting?

**Uncle Bob** · September 24th, 2003, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by twiztidtruckie
Hey Its Truckie Again:

I am currently trying to format a HDD i recieved from a pull today. Its is a SAMSUNG SV4002H 40GB HDD. The trouble I am having is that the drive will not format in FAT32 or NTFS format. I have tried to format it about 5 times now and continue to collect error messages from the effort. I had also tried using it as a slave and format it that way through XP but it will not do such a task. It starts to format but then proceeds to lock up my computer. It shows up in my hardware monitor and it is said to be in running order.

Can anyone explain this problem a little to me. I really dont want to have to send it off for a RMA deal. Its a nice sized drive. I may be interested in offering a reward to the person whom can help me overcome this problem.

REWARD: 9.73GB HDD IDE 5400 rpm drive. (currently using until this mess is cleared up. Reward recipient will pay shipping but drive will be free. Thanks.

REQUIREMENTS FOR REWARD: Help me make this into a WORKING drive. If i have to RMA it then the reward is not given.

Thanks,

Truckie

PS: hope thats enough incentive to get this resolved

www.samsung.com/products/harddiskdrive
should get you close to their downloads.

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:00 PM

i am currently unable to use wd disk recovery program maface...error reads that WD recovery did not detect any WD HDD's on system....

Sorry.

Truckie

Keep trying...

**RicheemxX** · September 24th, 2003, 08:05 PM

samsung doesn't have hdd tools or at least none I can find. I always use Maxtor's tools first I'd check to make sure your drive is detected properly in the bios double check your cable and jumpers then use the Maxtor drive tools {trying to get the linkage now}

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:17 PM

Drive is detected in bios, my computer, and hardware monitor, but will not format still...trying maxtor tools as we speak...

Truckie

PS: Maxtor link you sent me was for creating back-up diskettes.....I need a recovery tool for HDD

**stroyal** · September 24th, 2003, 08:27 PM

What dose Fdisk say? maybe it was partitioned with program other than dos.

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:30 PM

it was partitioned when xp was installed, and worked for about 2 days. Shut down during storm (for safety reasons) and it never worked after that again. Its not fried/and hasnt been smoked either...im lost atm.

Truckie

**RicheemxX** · September 24th, 2003, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by twiztidtruckie
Drive is detected in bios, my computer, and hardware monitor, but will not format still...trying maxtor tools as we speak...

Truckie

PS: Maxtor link you sent me was for creating back-up diskettes.....I need a recovery tool for HDD

powermax is not a back-up tool it says on the website
"The PowerMax utility is designed to perform diagnostic read/write verifications on Maxtor and Quantum hard drives. These tests will determine hard drive integrity."

it runs any test you'd need in order to verify that the drive is working properly. It doesn't work for mobo's with the NVIDIA chipset for whatever reason

Note: PowerMax v4.06 will not detect Ultra ATA hard disks connected to motherboards with embedded NVIDIA chipsets (SATA drives are supported). A new version to address this issue is currently in development and is slated for release soon. Please check the PowerMax download page periodically for updates. All versions of PowerMax prior to 4.06 are no longer supported, it is recommended that you update to version 4.06 before testing your hard disk.

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:33 PM

well the link you gave me was a disk boot up creator...?

Truckie

**RicheemxX** · September 24th, 2003, 08:36 PM

strange the link works fine for me...you can do it the hard way follow the steps

click world wide support there should be a section that says software downloads then go to ata drives select diagnostic then powermax you can also use the max blast 3 utility found on the other drop down menu or at this link {if it works}
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/dow.../maxblast3.htm

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:38 PM

I will try again....just so frustrating, and i gotta work tonight yet...geez..its a never ending cycle...ya know whats i mean?

Truckie

PS: RicheemxX, i DO appreciate all your help weather it sounds like i do or not...im just tired and have to work yet too....thanks!

**twiztidtruckie** · September 24th, 2003, 08:40 PM

when i run powermax program it runs and pulls an error. Says no diskette or drive error. And the program is a Diskette creator, says so on main screen....lol.

Truckie

**RicheemxX** · September 24th, 2003, 08:43 PM

lol..yeah it creates a bootable disk but not a backup disk? well if you can't get either one of them to work then I'm at a loss I've never had any issues using powermax before.

hopefully you can get it figured out

richee

**stroyal** · September 24th, 2003, 08:45 PM

That program creates the Power max disk, that's why it is looking for a blank diskette in the A: drive

**rpertusio** · September 24th, 2003, 08:46 PM

I found this procedure from Computing.Net helpful when I couldn't format using utilities from Maxtor or WD.

Be VERY careful though. It formats the 1st hard drive by default. If you do use this procedure, then temporarily disconnect your other drives to be safe. It will completely low-level format the drive.

- rp

**Uncle Bob** · September 24th, 2003, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by RicheemxX
samsung doesn't have hdd tools or at least none I can find. I always use Maxtor's tools first I'd check to make sure your drive is detected properly in the bios double check your cable and jumpers then use the Maxtor drive tools {trying to get the linkage now}

http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/downloads/powermax.htm

Google search page 2

**TOAD6147** · September 24th, 2003, 09:12 PM

D/L Data Advisor from OnTrack

**RicheemxX** · September 24th, 2003, 09:14 PM

Originally posted by Uncle Bob

Google search page 2

would have been easier to post the link, but I stand corrected I couldn't find it on the site the first time but here it is http://www.samsung.com/Products/Hard...ties/index.htm