Thanks! but Unfortunately,
I tried Digital Life Guard, I gave it a quick test, it passed, but the Current Sector is at "0 of 0"
I started an Extended Test, "Test found bad sectors that may be repairable"
Clicked "Repair", then it gave me an error saying "Error was detected while repairing bad sectors"
So I started to format by Write Zeros, Quick Erase, it Passed with "0 of 0 sectors"
I started a Full Erase, then it went "Test stopped with error", "0 of 0 sectors"
So the test result went like this:
Test Option: | QUICK TEST |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | PASS |
Test Time: | 11:57:52, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | WRITE ZEROS |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | FAIL |
Test Error Code: | 09-Sector #0-1::Write Zeros error! |
Test Time: | 11:58:04, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | WRITE ZEROS |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | COMPLETE |
Test Time: | 11:58:15, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | QUICK TEST |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | PASS |
Test Time: | 11:59:38, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | EXTENDED TEST |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | FAIL |
Test Error Code: | 08-Error was detected while repairing bad sectors. |
Test Time: | 11:59:52, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | EXTENDED TEST |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | FAIL |
Test Error Code: | 08-Error was detected while repairing bad sectors. |
Test Time: | 12:01:10, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | WRITE ZEROS |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | COMPLETE |
Test Time: | 12:02:13, October 14, 2012 |
Test Option: | WRITE ZEROS |
Model Number: | WD |
Unit Serial Number: | |
Firmware Number: | 1.75 |
Capacity: | 0.00 GB |
SMART Status: | Not Available |
Test Result: | FAIL |
Test Error Code: | 09-Sector #0-1::Write Zeros error! |
Test Time: | 12:02:54, October 14, 2012 |
I also tried the Quick Formatter for Windows from WD, but it also gave me an error, "The version of firmware on your drive does not support changing the block size of your WD External Drive"
I should ask this to WD Experts, but I was just thinking if you guys have some sort of software that can Hard Format this drive, I don't know how USB works so, I don't know.
Ideas?