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External drive doesn't detect, not initialized and getting cyclic redundancy check error

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Nishan

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Hi, is there a possibility to format and make this drive work again? I was able to recover the data via a 3rd party SW. When I try to initialize the drive, I'm getting a cyclic redundancy check error. Would really appreciate some help.
 
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You can try cleaning the drive using diskpart which will remove everything.
Right click Start & choose powershell with admin.
Type & enter:
diskpart
list disk
select disk X (where X is the number of the drive you want to clean)
clean
exit
exit

Then go to drive manager & format the drive.
If at any point it fails then the drive is faulty.
 
#3
what is the age and capacity of this drive?
you have its data recovered, so why are you still interested in a known, unreliable drive?
sentimental value perhaps? :)

if a storage medium does not have your complete faith, why use it?
they are dirt cheap to buy and a failed drive to me is simply an excuse to upgrade to a bigger or better (as in SSD) drive.

life is too short - ditch the unit and get another. otherwise you are setting yourself up for heartache down the track. (y)
 
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Bastet said:
You can try cleaning the drive using diskpart which will remove everything.
Right click Start & choose powershell with admin.
Type & enter:
diskpart
list disk
select disk X (where X is the number of the drive you want to clean)
clean
exit
exit

Then go to drive manager & format the drive.
If at any point it fails then the drive is faulty.
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Problem is, the drive doesn't get detected at all. So I cannot find the drive number to clean it. any other suggestions?
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Bruce said:
what is the age and capacity of this drive?
you have its data recovered, so why are you still interested in a known, unreliable drive?
sentimental value perhaps? :)

if a storage medium does not have your complete faith, why use it?
they are dirt cheap to buy and a failed drive to me is simply an excuse to upgrade to a bigger or better (as in SSD) drive.

life is too short - ditch the unit and get another. otherwise you are setting yourself up for heartache down the track. (y)
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True I need to upgrade to a SSD. But would still need this 2TB to be my backup (just in case).
 
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Lets see if this still works

Right Click on the drive and click initialize
Then you should be able to format it

Nishan said:
But would still need this 2TB to be my backup (just in case).
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That is no 2 TB HDD that is reading as a 1 TB HDD. According to the screen shot you provided.

Lets download CrystalDiskInfo and see what that reveals on that drive

crystalmark.info

Download

[2024/03/31] CrystalMark Retro 1.0.0 – Manual / History Standard Edition 2 themes / 27MB ZIP (XP-) INSTALLER (Vista-) Source Code Aoi Edition 2 themes / 27MB ZIP (XP-) INSTALLER (Vista-) [2024/02/16] CrystalDiskInfo 9.2.3 – Manual / History Aoi Edition 2 themes / 27MB ZIP (XP-) INSTALLER...
crystalmark.info

Rustys said:
Have you tried a different USB non 3 port and a different system?
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