Seagate Barracuda 2 TB - RAW partition doesn't want to format [solved]

[Panzerkommandant Bart]

Hi guys,

I bought a new LG 27EA63 screen because my Samsung P2370 stopped working. Because my pc is quite full I also ordered a Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 2TB hdd. When I installed the Seagate with a 6 GB/s Sata cable and the power plug I looked in disk management and saw the hdd there. Then I progressed though the installation of the partition and selected NTFS to be the file system.

After the installation the partition was not NTFS but RAW? I searched for information and found that RAW is a unusable file system wich means that Windows can't read the hdd or there might be something broken. I tried other ways (format etc.) to get the RAW to NTFS but they alle didn't work.

Do you guys know what I have to do?
I hope we can fix this problem because it might not even be that big.

My system:
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4 Ghz
GPU: MSI N670 PE GDDR5 2 GB
RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX 8 GB DDR3 1600 Mhz
PSU: Corsair AX750
Mobo: Asus Maximus V Gene
SSD: Crucial M4 128 GB
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1 TB
HDD: Seagate ST2000DM001 Barracuda 2TB
Case: Corsair Carbide 300R
Screen: LG 27EA63

Best regards,

Bart

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

That's what you get when you buy Seagate.

http://www.easeus.com/data-recovery/other-recovery-software/convert-raw-drive-to-ntfs.htm

[upcoast]

Delete the partition and try again. If it can't make a partition it's broken just send it back for a replacement.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I would boot up with just that drive, and a bootable disc that has ActiveKillDisk or DBAN on it.

Then completely wipe the entire drive. When done, power down and hookup your other drives the way you had them, then go into Windows > Disk Management and try making the partition again.

If it fails, send it back, replace it.

[Panzerkommandant Bart]

This is what I get with hddscan smart test:


HDDScan S.M.A.R.T. Report
Model: ST2000DM001-1CH164
Firmware: CC27
Serial: Z340HP55
LBA: 3907029168

Report By: HDDScan for Windows version 3.3
Report Date: 1-5-2014 12:15:27


Num Attribute Name Value Worst Raw(hex) Threshold

001 Raw Read Error Rate 100 100 0000000014-EDF0 006

003 Spin Up Time 094 094 0000000000-0000 000

004 Start/Stop Count 100 100 0000000000-0009 020

005 Reallocation Sector Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 010

007 Seek Error Rate 100 253 0000000000-110B 030

009 Power-On Hours Count 100 100 0000000000-0006 000

010 Spin Retry Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 097

012 Device Power Cycle Count 100 100 0000000000-0009 020

183 SATA Downshift Error Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

184 End To End Error Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 099

187 Reported Uncorrectable Error 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

188 Reported Command Timeouts 078 017 0000350038-0081 000

189 High Fly Writes 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

190 Airflow Temperature 072 057 28 C 045

190 Airflow Temperature Minimum 072 057 18 C 045

190 Airflow Temperature Maximum 072 057 28 C 045

191 G-sense Rate/Servo tracking 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

192 Emergency Retract Count 100 100 0000000000-0004 000

193 Load/unload Cycle Count 100 100 0000000000-003B 000

194 HDA Temperature 028 043 28 C 000

194 HDA Temperature Minimum 028 043 18 C 000

194 HDA Temperature Maximum 028 043 57 C 000

197 Current Pending Errors Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

198 Uncorrectable Errors Count 100 100 0000000000-0000 000

199 UltraDMA CRC Errors 200 199 0000000000-0137 000

240 Heads Flying Hours 100 253 2C537A0000-0006 000

241 Total Host Writes 100 253 000000024D-86A2 000

242 Total Host Reads 100 253 0000000000-5720 000


All the dots where green but only UltraDMA CRC Errors had a warning triangle.
Maybe this indicates that this is why Windows made it RAW because the connection with SATA isn't right?

The Crucial M4 and Samsung F3 had no traingles. Only green dots so they are still good.

[Panzerkommandant Bart]

I have a Asus Maximus V Gene with:
ntel® Z77 chipset : *4
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
2 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port(s), red
1 x mini-SATA 3Gb/s port(s) , black
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology, Intel® Smart Connect Technology
ASMedia® PCIe SATA controller : *6
2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red

See for more info: http://www.asus.com/ROG_ROG/MAXIMUS_V_GENE/specifications/

I have my Asus dvd drive with a 3 gb/s cable to one of the black sata 3 gb/s connectors - I have my Crucial and Samsung with 6 gb/s cables to the 2 red sata 6 gb/s connectors - I have my Seagate with a 6 gb/s cable connected to one of the red Asmedia 6 gb/s connectors connected.

[Panzerkommandant Bart]

UPDATE:

I connected the Seagate to one of the 3 gb/s ports, windows said it was raw, I deleted the volume, made a new one and now it is NTFS and it works! The only thing is that it will be slower because it doesn't use one of the 6 gb/s ports buy I might change this later. For now it's okay.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Yea shouldn't be any real down-side to having it plugged into SATA 2 vs 3.
Most you going to get out of such a mechanical drive by itself is roughly 140-180 mbps for read; which SATA 2 ports won't have any trouble doing.