hdd formatting problem

zeero · 25-July-06, 01:47 PM

I recently got a 120gb WD HDD from a friend who had it in a raid config. I downloaded the western digital software and did a full format (wrote all 0's) and when I plug it in as a slave drive (to be used as secondary storage) it halts on bootup because it's still searching for the raid software. My question is, does anybody know any software that can completley wipe this drive? There's tons of bogus looking software I've seen, but all I have tried is partition magic 8.

Sn0wMan · 25-July-06, 01:50 PM

I would recommend WipeDrive but it's not freeware...That's all I have used besides Partition magic and the built-in Windows utility.

HoJo · 25-July-06, 08:58 PM

You can try deleting all partitions on the drive and starting from scratch.

bikeboy541 · 26-July-06, 12:54 AM

ya just try reformatting all of them, and then try.

Jobistober · 26-July-06, 01:41 AM

KillDisk... it's free, and it works.

zeero · 26-July-06, 10:10 PM

thanks for the replies guys, but killdisk did not work either. I tried partition magic 7 and 8 (deleting all partitions) but this drive is almost not worth the time for extra storage. it seems the raid software used on the drive was "mediashield".

joecoin · 26-July-06, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zeero


	I recently got a 120gb WD HDD from a friend who had it in a raid config. I downloaded the western digital software and did a full format (wrote all 0's) and when I plug it in as a slave drive (to be used as secondary storage) it halts on bootup because it's still searching for the raid software. My question is, does anybody know any software that can completley wipe this drive? There's tons of bogus looking software I've seen, but all I have tried is partition magic 8.

Linux version of fdisk.

25-July-06, 01:47 PM		#1 (permalink)
zeero Apex Advanced Techie	hdd formatting problem I recently got a 120gb WD HDD from a friend who had it in a raid config. I downloaded the western digital software and did a full format (wrote all 0's) and when I plug it in as a slave drive (to be used as secondary storage) it halts on bootup because it's still searching for the raid software. My question is, does anybody know any software that can completley wipe this drive? There's tons of bogus looking software I've seen, but all I have tried is partition magic 8.

25-July-06, 01:50 PM		#2 (permalink)
Sn0wMan Apex Tech Demi-God	Re: hdd formatting problem I would recommend WipeDrive but it's not freeware...That's all I have used besides Partition magic and the built-in Windows utility.

25-July-06, 08:58 PM		#3 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho	Re: hdd formatting problem You can try deleting all partitions on the drive and starting from scratch.

26-July-06, 12:54 AM		#4 (permalink)
bikeboy541 Apex Tech Fanatic	Re: hdd formatting problem ya just try reformatting all of them, and then try.

26-July-06, 01:41 AM		#5 (permalink)
Jobistober P'Hoe'toshop Fanatic	Re: hdd formatting problem KillDisk... it's free, and it works.

26-July-06, 10:10 PM		#6 (permalink)
zeero Apex Advanced Techie	Re: hdd formatting problem thanks for the replies guys, but killdisk did not work either. I tried partition magic 7 and 8 (deleting all partitions) but this drive is almost not worth the time for extra storage. it seems the raid software used on the drive was "mediashield".

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