HDD wont format nor re-partition

[Khaled_Rohman]

Hello! my seagate 500gb laptop hdd is not formatting nor i can make any partition. its showing as a mass storage and wanting a format when i plug it in. but when i try to format its failing. i searched all over internet and found no sollution. i used disk management and a third party software (easus partition master) to check the drive and both showing it as 465gb unallocated space and cant create a new partition. i searched allover the internet and found many method to check my hdd. when i use command prompt it says Data Error: cyclic redundancy check, some says read/write error, some says corrupt MBR. i have used some softwares to check hdd and SMART test failed i also tried seatools and it showed my hdd as a yellow icon and provided only 2 tests but both short and long generic tests passed. when i used a software to test its surface then it found a lot of bad sectors and then i remembered i had a lot of bad sectors before it got corrupt and maybe it can not make a new partition on bad sectors then i searched some softwars to repair or remap those bad sectors and found some softwares. but they are not working as i thought and a software HDD regenarator is working but it will take months to complete fixing them as it reads so slowly. so i took it to a technician and they said they can fix it but its speed will reduce and they cant gurranty it get corrupt again. they wanted a lot of money so i didnt repair it. i think if they can somehow fix it i will also be able to fix it myself. the most i suspect is that overwriting the hdd with zeroes can fix this as this will slow my hdd and they also said about the slow think but i dont understand if this is the real problem. plz help me finding whats the real problem and how to solve it

Visit (drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5fq797w9ZAMMHlxcms3ZDZSTnM&usp=sharing) For more informations, check these pics and ask what you need to know or if any pics u need to see.........

[SUMMONER]

Assuming that you have tried it on another computer, the drive is faulty.

Bin it and buy a new one.

[Khaled_Rohman]

yes when i used it on another computer it show ''1234F'' in boot screen......... i need to fix this alteast for 1 week so that i can give it back to whom i bought it from. he wont take this back until its partitioned as before and i need my money back. i just used it for only 1 month.. i cant throw it away because i have to get my money back to buy a new one

[SUMMONER]

Was the drive new/user/refurbished? Did you buy it off a private seller or a shop? What is the model/part number and the serial number of the drive please?

I don't know if Easus Partition Master can do this, but in Acronis Disk Director one can tell the software to create a partition at the end of the available disk space, as opposed to the beginning of it. This way the software may not encounter the bad sectors and complete the job of creating a new partition.

[Khaled_Rohman]

if you visit the google drive link i have provided a picture of my hdd where u can see its informations.... i bought this from a second hand shop... and thanks i will try acronis disk director and let u know what happened..... but how will i use its full version?? i dont have any serials.... its just providing me a trial version

[shaithis]

Try opening a command prompt
Run "diskpart"

type "list disk"
identify the disk number of the drive you want to partition..
then type "select disk n" where n is the number you just identified
then type "clean"

Should completely wipe the partition information from the disk, you should then be able to partition it as usual unless there is a serious issue.

[Khaled_Rohman]

tried this method before, it fails saying disk has write/read error.... yeah im facing a serious error or else i could have solved it myself..... i am just searching if any technician could help me in net

[shaithis]

I guess your only option is a low level format with your fingers crossed....

Failing that, it'll probably make a decent paperweight.

[Khaled_Rohman]

drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5fq797w9ZAMMHhzdVVyTHhCTlk&usp=sharing

check this pics for deep informations.............

[shaithis]

Ah, it's an external drive.....take it out of the caddy and connect it directly, might be a bad SATA <> USB converter (if your lucky!).

[Khaled_Rohman]

done it the usb connector seems okay as it runs the other hdd but when i used the faulty hdd directly in my laptop it didnt boot and show a black screen with a word ''1234F'' if i should throw this hdd then why the technicians said they could fix it but its speed will reduce??

[Khaled_Rohman]

tell me something if a hdd has bad sectors and i remove the partition will i be able to create a partition with the unallocated space?? if i cant then how to bypass those bad sectors and use the rest good sectors for partition and if i can then why my hdd cant create a new partiton saying I/O errors!! the last software i tried said failed to format drive due to too many bad clusters..

[shaithis]

You will need to run something that marks sectors bad and/or re-allocates them elsewhere.

I would say spinrite but it's more for people who don't want to lose the data on the drive and as such it can take days (or even weeks!) to complete depending on the size of the drive and how many physical defects it has.

Can you do a surface scan on the drive with windows chkdsk?

[Khaled_Rohman]

yeah i did a surface test and its showing 1% of the whole disk has bad sectors........ after 1 week of neck breaking works i have come to a decision that now i will give up :/

but thank you all for helping me........ and i will advise others who face this same problem not to pain ur brain to fix this kind of errors......... it just cant be solved

[SUMMONER]

I would take it back to store, stating Windows fails to install on the drive.

The thing the shop keeper is saying, that it needs to partitioned as it was at the time of sale, is just him trying to fob you off.

Acording to the serial number the drive is OEM (came as part of a computer/inside a USB enclosure), so there is no warranty via Seagate unfortunately.

You will have to go back to the shop and stand your ground.