Hi! I want to format my external HDD in NTFS format but I'm not able to do it. It is getting formatted in fatEX but it is so slow while storing the data on it.
I'm using Win7 Home Basic SP1(32-bit), the external drive is of Samsung(iomega)
Ya! But in the middle it stops and reports that Windows was unable format the drive
Hi,
How old is this drive?
Run chkdsk /R for this drive from an elevated command prompt, and then post back the results here.
Regards,
Golden
Try this (from an Elevated Command Prompt):
diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n is the number assigned to your external drive)
clean all (will take some time, be patient and wait for it to complete)
format fs=ntfs (again, will take a while to complete, so be patient)
exit
Finally, close the command prompt.
The drive is just 1-2 years old.
I waited for 2-3 hours after using clean all command but nothing happened.
I get the result that is in the attachment.
Now the volume is not shown in My Computer after performing clean all.
Because it is the file-format is RAW. You need to create a partition and format it to a fileformat like NTFS.
Go to start, right click on "Computer" and choose "Manage". Choose "Disk Management". If Windows recognizes the drive, a window should popup and will propose to format the drive. If it does, select all the default options and click go.
Otherwise, locate your drive in Disk Management. Right click, then choose Format. Select the default options and hit go.
If everything fails, it means that the drive must be failing... (bad sectors)
(Note : I might not be following this thread in the future)
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