Windows 10: HDD corrupted, alternative to diskpart clean?

Hello, I recently bought an external hdd, and was attempting to reformat it from exfat to ntfs and accidentally unplugged it halfway through, causing it to get corrupted. It then didn't show up on the file explorer and after looking online, I attempted using the diskpart tool the clean command to be specific to try and fix this issue, however, it seems that it failed as it keeps giving a semaphore timeout. I tried using the Disk Management tool but every time it opens, it becomes unresponsive essentially useless. I really would appreciate it if someone could tell me of an alternative tool of some sort, right now I have to keep the disk in offline mode in order to use the Disk Management tool, but cannot actually wipe the disk clean. Thanks.

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DISKPART CLEAN

Hello

I'm Peter F independent Advisor

You will get this error when you are using diskpart clean command on system disk. The system disk contains the Windows operating system files and other critical files, if you are allowed to clean the system disk, all the data and partitions will be gone. That
will result in a lot of errors and chaos. Meanwhile, the delete volume is greyed out in Disk Management. In this case, the new SSD drive may be regarded as the system disk due to the system files, etc.

Using Windows installation disc to clean

If you have the Windows installation disc, you can follow these steps to solve clean is not allowed issue in Windows 7/8/10:

1. Insert the Windows installation disc, then boot from it.

2. Click Repair your computer> Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt.

3. Then input the diskpart commands to clean hard disk:

diskpart

list disk

select disk [disknumber]

clean

Diskpart Clean

Then you could create a new partition on the drive to solve this problem.

Reference

https://www.disk-partition.com/articles/virtual...

This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised
on the site before you decide to download and install it.

I hope it helps

 

HDD Corrupt ?

Hi,

There are many possible reasons this issue is happening. We'd like to ask few questions below:

• What is the brand name of you Hard Disk Drive?
  
• How old is the HDD?
  

Since you already tried multiple troubleshooting steps, we suggest visiting the manufacturer's website. Find and download a hard drive diagnostic software to help resolve the issue.

Let us know how it goes.

 

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