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Hard disk detecting ,but cannot be formatted

Last answer on Aug 20, 2009 12:55:22 pm BST roshithbalu, on Dec 19, 2008 12:40:11 pm GMT 
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Hello,
I have a Hitachi 160Gb sata Hard disk.I connected it to my pc.Power supply connected to the hard disk is of legacy port type.
The hard disk is detecting in windows,but i cannot format it in windows.
so i tried to format it using windows xp disk.
The setup is loading,i can even partition the disk. But when i tries to format the disk,an error occurs.
It says that the scsi device might be damaged,so cannot format.
So what should i do now.
can anyone tell me the solution

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Hitachi 160 GB SATA

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vangogh34, on Dec 19, 2008 1:00:43 pm GMT

I think ypu will need to change your drive!
can you access it?

   
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sasuke, on Dec 19, 2008 3:42:28 pm GMT
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Hi
first u have to boot from os cd and go to the repair windows
and when we do this dos will come and the disk u want to format must be unmounted by the cmd chkdsk /f
and format it

   
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jane, on May 19, 2009 6:06:20 am BST
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Check out following resource that may help you to find solution:

http://free-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/01/hard-drive-not-­recognized-found.html

   
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 aaa, on Aug 20, 2009 12:55:22 pm BST
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Hard disk detecting ,but cannot be formatted,windows unable to format drive.

   
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