STARTED:- Sunday the 04-Sep-2022 at 13:10 on the WD 3TB HDD [ Internal ].
Code:diskpart list disk select disk 2 clean all convert GPT create part primary format fs=NTFS quick label=WD_3TB_Int assign letter=W exit exit
I attached the drive internally and it was recognised straight away.
I will report back some time later.
FINISHED:- ALL details posted further down in the Thread.
Last edited by Paul Black; 04 Sep 2022 at 15:06.
Very cool.
Should be done around 23:00!
Clean All repairs a number of aggravating disk problems.
Hello @TV2,
Exactly.
I decided to useclean allbecause the HDD had becomeRAW, so my thinking was, do it right the FIRST time.
As you have probably seen from my other Threads, I keep them updated with the ongoing processes so as to help others who may be following them, or come across them in the future.
I am running it on myDesktop i3, so we shall see. I did estimate it to be between 9 - 10 hours.
The process time is more dependent on the speed of the drive and the SATA controller. A 7200 RPM goes faster than a 5400 RPM. SATA 3 goes faster than SATA 2, etc, etc. The processor is not a bottleneck.
STARTED:- Sunday the 04-Sep-2022 at 13:10 on the WD 3TB HDD [ Internal ].
Code:diskpart list disk select disk 2 clean all convert GPT create part primary format fs=NTFS quick label=WD_3TB_Int assign letter=W exit exit
FINISHED:- Sunday the 04-Sep-2022 at 20:25 [ 7.25 Hours ].
Code:C:\Windows\system32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. On computer: System-Admin-DT DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 111 GB 11 GB * Disk 1 Online 149 GB 0 B Disk 2 Online 2794 GB 1698 GB DISKPART> select disk 2 Disk 2 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> clean all DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk. DISKPART> convert GPT DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to GPT format. DISKPART> create part primary DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition. DISKPART> format fs=NTFS quick label=WD_3TB_Int 100 percent completed DiskPart successfully formatted the volume. DISKPART> assign letter=W DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point. DISKPART> exit Leaving DiskPart... C:\Windows\system32>diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. On computer: System-Admin-DT DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 111 GB 11 GB * Disk 1 Online 149 GB 0 B Disk 2 Online 2794 GB 0 B * DISKPART> select disk 2 Disk 2 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list part Partition ### Type Size Offset ------------- ---------------- ------- ------- Partition 1 Reserved 15 MB 17 KB Partition 2 Primary 2794 GB 16 MB DISKPART> exit Leaving DiskPart... C:\Windows\system32>
@jumanji, as requested.
Code:C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo W: NTFS Volume Serial Number : 0x98925b9b925b7ca6 NTFS Version : 3.1 LFS Version : 2.0 Total Sectors : 5,860,499,455 (2.7 TB) Total Clusters : 732,562,431 (2.7 TB) Free Clusters : 732,514,529 (2.7 TB) Total Reserved Clusters : 1,024 (4.0 MB) Reserved For Storage Reserve : 0 (0.0 KB) Bytes Per Sector : 512 Bytes Per Physical Sector : 4096 Bytes Per Cluster : 4096 Bytes Per FileRecord Segment : 1024 Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0 Mft Valid Data Length : 256.00 KB Mft Start Lcn : 0x00000000000c0000 Mft2 Start Lcn : 0x0000000000000002 Mft Zone Start : 0x00000000000c0000 Mft Zone End : 0x00000000000cc820 MFT Zone Size : 200.13 MB Max Device Trim Extent Count : 0 Max Device Trim Byte Count : 0 Max Volume Trim Extent Count : 62 Max Volume Trim Byte Count : 0x40000000 Resource Manager Identifier : 1EF1FA10-2C7C-11ED-A536-902B34108402 C:\Windows\system32>
SOLVED
Here is the link to my original Thread which instigated the necessity to perform this process . . .
> 3 TB WD External Hard Drive NOT Working [ RAW ]
I hope these help others.
Last edited by Paul Black; 05 Sep 2022 at 05:41.
@Paul Black,
Thanks for the return feed.
You are good to go.
Here is my 5TB Trial HDD for comparison
Link to the originating thread: 3 TB WD External Hard Drive NOT Working [ RAW ]
Last edited by jumanji; 04 Sep 2022 at 23:01.
I have just noticed something interesting.
The below is the output AFTER I had performed theclean allandNTFS Formattedmy 3TB WD External HDD.
This is now installed as anInternalDisk.
I performed the above while it was installedInternallyas opposed to when it was in the 'Docking Station'.
Code:C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo W: NTFS Volume Serial Number : 0x98925b9b925b7ca6 NTFS Version : 3.1 LFS Version : 2.0 Total Sectors : 5,860,499,455 (2.7 TB) Total Clusters : 732,562,431 (2.7 TB) Free Clusters : 732,514,529 (2.7 TB) Total Reserved Clusters : 1,024 (4.0 MB) Reserved For Storage Reserve : 0 (0.0 KB) Bytes Per Sector : 512 <--------- Bytes Per Physical Sector : 4096 Bytes Per Cluster : 4096 Bytes Per FileRecord Segment : 1024 <--------- Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 0 Mft Valid Data Length : 256.00 KB Mft Start Lcn : 0x00000000000c0000 Mft2 Start Lcn : 0x0000000000000002 Mft Zone Start : 0x00000000000c0000 Mft Zone End : 0x00000000000cc820 MFT Zone Size : 200.13 MB Max Device Trim Extent Count : 0 Max Device Trim Byte Count : 0 Max Volume Trim Extent Count : 62 Max Volume Trim Byte Count : 0x40000000 Resource Manager Identifier : 1EF1FA10-2C7C-11ED-A536-902B34108402 C:\Windows\system32>
The below is from my OTHER identical 3TB WD External HDD which hasNOTbeen touched and is used as is from the factory. This is still anExternalDisk connected via aUSB.
Code:C:\Windows\system32>fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo G: NTFS Volume Serial Number : 0x54d8d96ad8d94abe NTFS Version : 3.1 LFS Version : 1.1 Total Sectors : 732,558,079 (2.7 TB) Total Clusters : 732,558,079 (2.7 TB) Free Clusters : 358,151,162 (1.3 TB) Total Reserved Clusters : 1,281 (5.0 MB) Reserved For Storage Reserve : 0 (0.0 KB) Bytes Per Sector : 4096 <--------- Bytes Per Physical Sector : 4096 Bytes Per Cluster : 4096 Bytes Per FileRecord Segment : 4096 <--------- Clusters Per FileRecord Segment : 1 Mft Valid Data Length : 548.00 MB Mft Start Lcn : 0x00000000000c0000 Mft2 Start Lcn : 0x0000000015d4f97f Mft Zone Start : 0x0000000000000000 Mft Zone End : 0x0000000000000000 MFT Zone Size : 0.00 KB Max Device Trim Extent Count : 0 Max Device Trim Byte Count : 0 Max Volume Trim Extent Count : 62 Max Volume Trim Byte Count : 0x40000000 Resource Manager Identifier : B705A8C7-9442-11E3-A459-F46D04D2DA6D C:\Windows\system32>
I assume that the difference is becauseInternalandExternalDisks are treated differently ?
I have marked the differences with<---------.
I have 'Saved Files', 'Deleted Files', 'Amended Files', created 'Folders', 'Deleted Folders', 'Amended Folders', etc on theInternalDisk, and all works as expected !
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