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Iomega Ext HDD 1Tb [2 x 500Gb] Format Help
I have an Iomega 1Tb made up with 2 disks inside Enclosure
Model MDHD10T-UE s/n JPAH 36A354
I need some Help to Format it and get it Stable please
History
Houses mostly Video & Music
Worked reliably for 3 years
Then I kept getting messages “Check Disk for errors” OR Continue without scanning”
I tried Scan and Fix a couple of times – couldn’t do it
So I continued without scanning but after 10, 20 or 30 minutes the Drive would disconnect/disappear
It would not reappear until I logged of and then back on again
I borrowed a 2 Tb from a friend and s l o w l y managed to copy everything Off
I first tried Formating in Windows – no good
Found Formater on Iomega/Leveno Site and used it
Followed their instructions to Format to NTFS
Copied 400 Gb – all ok
Then I went for a 224 Gb Cut & Paste
At the End, Everything was Gibberish – The Drive Name, the Directory Names etc
Thinking that I had perhaps caused some sort of problem by converting to NTFS,
I used the Iomega Utility and Formated the HDD again
[I did notice at the Bottom it said “Formatted as separate drives”]
I thought it strange, but when I went into Windows, there it was, as approx 1Tb
I copied 2 Folders, about 350 Gb – all OK
Then I Cut and Paste a 224 Gb File
It showed some problems with some Source Files – too many, so I cancelled the Paste Operation
After that The Drive Name reverted to just “F” Disk in Explorer
Showing No Files on it
I ran Checkdisk from inside Windows to Fix File Errors
Green Line went across within a minute but the program appeared to be still Running,
Processor showed 60% activity to I left it for about 4 hours
Now, when I plug it in, I get “Disk needs Formating”
HELP Please
THOUGHTS
It has 2 Disks and it seems to go wrong after the Halfway Mark
Which seems as though it needs some sort of Software to make the 2 work together [There was only one Drive letter before and Disk Management did show it as one 1Tb Disk and Healthy AFTER a Reformat
Any Help appreciated, I have to give the Borrowed Hdd Back asap
And it takes ages copying
And in Disk Management
RAW 931.52 Gb [Act Prim Part]
Personally, I think it has something to do with the message in Iomega Formatter “Formatted as Separate Drives” –as above
I don’t know
Regards and Thanks for any Help