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Hello guys, I came here for some help because i'm totally clueless on what to do now
I bought an internal hard drive (Hitachi 500GB 5400rpm), to use on my PS3. So before I can use on the console, I have to format it so I can put the PS3 update file so that the console can install the system files to be able to operate with the drive. But no matter what I do, I can't format the drive.
I'm using an enclosure, to connect it via USB like an external hard drive. Windows can't access it at all, doesn't appear on the disk management either. I know the drive's working because I can hear it spinning, it shows up on the device manager as an USB Device and the BIOS detects it as well. I tried connecting it via SATA, by removing one of my laptop's system drives, so I could use a bootable USB Windows 8.1 disk to format the drive that way but it doesn't detect it either. I went to HGST's website, they have a drive fitness tool that solves nothing. I tried using an Acronis disk management app, but it also doesn't detect the drive. I even tried using freeware drive format apps, like Fat32Formatter, and none of them worked...
I have no idea what to do. Can anyone help me?
Thank you for your time
I bought an internal hard drive (Hitachi 500GB 5400rpm), to use on my PS3. So before I can use on the console, I have to format it so I can put the PS3 update file so that the console can install the system files to be able to operate with the drive. But no matter what I do, I can't format the drive.
I'm using an enclosure, to connect it via USB like an external hard drive. Windows can't access it at all, doesn't appear on the disk management either. I know the drive's working because I can hear it spinning, it shows up on the device manager as an USB Device and the BIOS detects it as well. I tried connecting it via SATA, by removing one of my laptop's system drives, so I could use a bootable USB Windows 8.1 disk to format the drive that way but it doesn't detect it either. I went to HGST's website, they have a drive fitness tool that solves nothing. I tried using an Acronis disk management app, but it also doesn't detect the drive. I even tried using freeware drive format apps, like Fat32Formatter, and none of them worked...
I have no idea what to do. Can anyone help me?
Thank you for your time
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS N53Jq-SX145V
- CPU
- Intel Core i7 740QM, 1.73GHz
- Memory
- 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GT 425M VRAM 1GB