but now it looks like it will end up as a paper weight. This is the place where you select FAT32 File System, edit Partition Label, and choose Cluster Size. In the prompt page, specify partition information. Right click the WD external drive and select Format Partition.
Thank for the help Cap, Fortunatly, I don't need the data on the disk, i was hoping to score a free 1TB HDD. Install and run the free WD FAT32 formatting tool AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard on your Windows 7. The drive is prone to fail and I wouldn't trust my data on it. The drive could be formatted and even write zeros to it, but it will not fix the bad sectors. Visit our product support website at and choose from these topics: Registration Register your WD product to get the latest updates and.
Once in the DOS window, type chkdsk X: /F, where X is the letter assigned to your external TetraSky the drive won't be recognized outside the enclosure at all and removing it will void the warranty and case all data to be lost.
The way to do it is: open cmd with admin privileges, start menu->search: cmd -> right click on it and select "run as an admin". You could try running chkdsk /r from the CMD in order to isolate those sectors and attempt to retrieve some of the info lost in those sectors. faild: The type of the file system is NTFS. Unfortunately bad sectors cannot be fixed as they are physical damage on the drive's platter and no software can fix this. Don’t format You can solve this by using chkdsk command Open Command Prompt (Run as administrator ) type chkdsk (disk symbol like c):/f. Internal HDD and internal SSD drives do not ship pre-formatted and. OnekillWalter your comment made me giggle sadly the error indicates that the drive has too many bad sectors and needs replacing. External hard drives and external solid state drives come pre-formatted and ready for use.