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Data Recovery Shipping Addresses Warranty Status Product Replacement RMA Status My Support My Support Portal Product Registration Get Help RMA Status windows xp disk format Product Replacement WD Community Search English Return to WDC.com Welcome to WD Support Filter your search My Cloud My Book My Passport WD Sentinel WD TV WD Elements Internal Drives Software Legacy Products Formatting fails formatting hard drive vista or an error is shown while formatting a hard drive in Windows Answer ID 1325 This article explains why formatting fails, or an error is shown, while formatting a hard drive in Windows.*END <-- --> Problem: During the format process in Windows, an error is encountered or the format does not complete successfully. Cause: If the hard drive is not setup correctly in the BIOS or is not jumpered correctly, this
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may cause the BIOS and Windows to detect the drive incorrectly. Viruses or spyware program are capable of conflicting with Windows programs such as the format utility built into Windows. If the partition on the hard drive is corrupt or damaged, this would cause Windows to stop the format process or show an error message. If the computer system does not have the latest BIOS and hardware drivers, and the operating system does not have the latest Service Packs installed, Windows may not address or recognize the drive parameters correctly. You are attempting to format a partition larger than 32GB as FAT32 in Windows 2000, XP, or 2003. If the hard drive or data cable is physically damaged or defective. There may be a conflict between the hard drive and another device (on the same IDE cable). Solution: It is recommended to low-level format the hard drive to resolve any partition corruption issues that may be present. For directions on how to low-level format a hard drive, please see Answer ID 1211: How to low level format or write zeros (full erase) to a WD hard drive or Solid State drive. This task will also run a full (extended) test on the hard drive with our diagnostics and will indica
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