However, when you run chkdsk, you may receive the error that chkdsk reports RAW. In those situations, many users would like to use the CHKDSK to repair this kind of problems. Thus, suddenly, you may meet various external hard drive won’t format problems including 'Disk is not formatted','You need to format the disk in drive F: before you can use it', or 'This volume does not contain a recognized file system', etc. Incompatible or outdated hardware drivers or BIOS, etc. Missing or damaged DLL, SYS, or EXE files General speaking, external hard drive won’t format could be caused by the following factors: Why is external hard drive not formatting? You may get the error messages “ Windows was unable to complete the format ” or “the format did not complete successfully”. Help me please!”Īctually, many users have met the external hard drive won’t format problem when they try to format their external HDD/SSD, a Micro SD card, USB flash drive, pen drive, etc.
Can't create an NTFS partition because the Seagate external hard drive cannot format. Windows is unable to complete the format. “I have a 1TB Seagate external hard drive and when I plug it in, it says it needs to be format.
