Need help reformatting and partitioning a hard drive - Windows 7
I have a hard drive that I scrubbed with some software but I guess it did too good of a job. I pulled it from the computer and have it hooked to another via usb. When I try to do a chkdsk I am getting a message:
'The disk check could not be performed because Windows can't access the disk.'
So how do I fix this thing so I can install Win 7 back on it in my other computer?
It is hooked to a computer right now that is running Win 7 SP1 and the drive is Western Digital 1-TB
'The disk check could not be performed because Windows can't access the disk.'
So how do I fix this thing so I can install Win 7 back on it in my other computer?
It is hooked to a computer right now that is running Win 7 SP1 and the drive is Western Digital 1-TB
Can you put it back in a PC and boot from the Win 7 disk, then open the repair utilities and run chkdsk on it?
iirc, Chkdsk can't run on USB drives like that, it isn't able to properly lock the drive to run.
iirc, Chkdsk can't run on USB drives like that, it isn't able to properly lock the drive to run.
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Several suggested fixes here - including checking you've legacy USB support enabled in the BIOS if you have a motherboard with USB 3.0 ports. Looks like your disk scrubbing has removed at formatting for the drive. You just need to replace it with a structure that Windows 7 can recognise.
Delete first partitions from the drive. The diskpart command "clean" will do it as given above. After that the drive must be ok for Windows installation. Try it first and report back.
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Worked perfectly.
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