Formattting ex-RAID 0 Drives...

davemfox2 · Post by **davemfox2** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:42 pm

Ok for you computer types out there, here's my problem...:

I have two 80GB HDD from a RAID 0 set up but I cannot format them anymore due to a number of reasons, main one being I no longer have a RAID set up in my new computer!!! So I have these two HDDs and have inserted one of them into an external caddy (USB cable) but cannot read it at all or even 'see' them on the new machine. I get an error message saying "USB Device Not Recognised", however there is power to the caddy as I can hear the drive whirring away...

How do I force Vista to 'see' this drive so I can format it to NTFS? I have tried the Disk Management tools but there is no unlisted drives appearing.

Cheers,

Dave

gtlewis · Post by **gtlewis** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:42 pm

It sounds like it needs to load the drivers for the USB device. Have you got admin priviledge with the user Id you log on with?

Is there a way of connecting it straight to the motherboard having the case open and using sata or ribbon cable. This should prove wether the drive is OK and you should be able to format?

Also if a PATA drive check the drive jumpers for master, slave etc?....

Just my 2c

Tony

97YZF1000 · Post by **97YZF1000** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:53 pm

gtlewis wrote:It sounds like it needs to load the drivers for the USB device. Have you got admin priviledge with the user Id you log on with?

Is there a way of connecting it straight to the motherboard having the case open and using sata or ribbon cable. This should prove wether the drive is OK and you should be able to format?

Also if a PATA drive check the drive jumpers for master, slave etc?....

Just my 2c

Tony

All good pointers. Set the jumper to auto select and Vista should detect it. I don't think that you would need to load any drivers since this wouldn't be any different than using an external USB drive. I've never had to use a special driver for those.

Post by **FZRDude** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:54 pm

Have you contacted the drive manufacturer? They may have drives/prog. that'll handle situ's like this. Maxtor has "MaxBlast" Seagate has "SeaTools" and so on...

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 12:45 am

You'll be able to do it with a file recovery program... your 0 sector's gone, the file directory, which is why MyPC doesn't see the drive. You won't be able to format with Vista, but any of the many file recovery programs will do it.
John

ExupElvis · Post by **ExupElvis** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 3:30 pm

I know no one will care anymore, but for future reference...download and burn a Gparted live CD here (follow the ISO file rules) drop into the CD tray and reboot. Make sure your BIOS is set to boot from the CD before the hard disks. You will see your drives then.

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 5:01 am

Cheers Elvis

ExupElvis · Post by **ExupElvis** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:57 am

Hi John - did that stop the screen from slewing??

Post by **FZRDude** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:57 am

Bob do you have the George Carlin Calender!?!?!?! If not....

"George's Quote of the Day"

Watching television these days, I often wonder what happened to the "vertical hold knob". I miss that feature.....

Yoniboi · Post by **Yoniboi** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:51 pm

lol !!!

Post by **FZRDude** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:12 pm

Some of the younger chaps may not remember this "feature"

:ha

ExupElvis · Post by **ExupElvis** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:02 am

My new HD to analog converter just freezes the screen when it loses the signal. Like right now.
Gotta love that new technology..