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Wd external hard drive cannot be formated

Last answer on Nov 10, 2009 3:26:15 pm GMT Hyp3r T3nSiOn, on Nov 8, 2009 5:17:09 am GMT 
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Hello,
Hello,
My External Western Digital disk is not working and it is a pocket device so i cannot change how it is connected....
The device is a 320gb Passport Essential
Model: WDBAAA3200ABK
when i plug it in to my vista pc i can find it in disk management
and it is seen as an unknown device.... when i try to enable with MBR it says: Incorrect function
i have run out of ideas...

it does not even appear on disk management on my xp personal computer....
This problem is recent and has not happened before.

PS: I had put this under the wrong section

Configuration: Windows XP
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closeup22, on Nov 8, 2009 6:23:28 am GMT
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Hi there,

i will suggest you to format it by using

hp disk format tool, you need to repeat the format three times

download it from link below:

http://en.kioskea.net/telecharger/telecharger-127-hp-usb-dis­k-storage-format-tool

Thanks

   
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Hyp3r T3nSiOn, on Nov 8, 2009 10:22:37 am GMT

I have tried to do what you have told me
but when i try to format it using that tool
it says that there is no media in the specified device

   
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Hyp3r T3nSiOn, on Nov 8, 2009 10:35:23 am GMT

On m vista computer
it said that the disk was write protected....
how can i change that?

   
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 Hyp3r T3nSiOn, on Nov 10, 2009 3:26:15 pm GMT

I was wondering if there is any solution to this problem...

   
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