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HDD problem I can't fix
I've got an old Seagate 250G SATA HDD that I was going to format and use for some additional storage in my computer. I bolted the drive in and W7 immediately recognized it and I opened it and saw that it contained an old image file that was no longer needed. So I went into Disk Management and attempted to "quick format" the drive to get rid of everything that was on it so I could use it for extra storage. It seemed like it took forever to do the "quick format" so I hit "cancel". Big mistake! After several reboots I've been able to delete the partition but can still not format the drive. Sometimes (most of the time) W7 will not recognize the drive even though it shows up in my Bios. Then after a reboot it will show up but will not complete a format using disk management. I've tried using a Ubuntu Live Disk but it won't recognize the drive either. Is there some sort of software that I can use to save this drive?