please in external hard drive

[crash17986]

hello ladies and gents
i have over the last day emptyed my buffalo external 1tb drive this was so i could format it from FAT32 to NTSF and i formated it and now i can now see it other then in the device manager and in the computer manager where it says the drive is all unallocated space (see attachments) and wen i right click there is notting i can do with it.
i have had this hdd for about 7 months now and this is the first problem i have had with it and i would really like to get it working again so please help me im happy to post anyhting else can help

 

[GEWB]

Run this utility and see what it reports:

HDDScan

Regards,
GEWB

 

[theog]

Click on OK to Initalize Disk.

 

[FliGi7]

How did you format it?

 

[whs]

Try this: Right click on where it says "Disk1" in your Disk Management and see whether you can initialize it.

 

[crash17986]

GEWB thanks for the tip but it will not test the hdd
theog please see the capture 3 thats the error i get wen i try to initalize the disk
FliGi7 i did it by opening it in my computer right clicking and going format ( full not fast)
whs thank u for the tip but did not work got the same error message as in photo 3

 

[GEWB]

Did you try the Buffalo Tech Forum? One similar post got this moderator reply:

"CRC errors typically indicate HDD failure. Make sure that you have a backup, then reformat the drive (NTFS is a good choice). If you continue to get the errors, you should get a replacement."

See:

Buffalo 1TB Hard Drive - HD-CE1.0TU2 CRC error - Buffalo Tech Forums

Regards,
GEWB

 

[oreo27]

I know it'll take quite some time, but you could try a low-level format. It'll show you if it encounters errors during formatting. This might take some time.

http://www.roadkil.net/program.php?ProgramID=14

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello.


In diskpart from an elevated command window type these commands.

That should initialize the HDD.

diskpart

select disk 1

online

exit

exit

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If you want to wipe the HDD have a look at this tutorial at the link below

Secure Erase / Wipe : Definition and Methods


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