HGST: Unknown smart status after low level format

[pukelis]

Hi,
I have a problem: SMART status of my drive is "unknown". It is also not possible to write or read the drive, it cannot be initialized, too. Though, I can see the right size of the drive and all SMART parameters except Threshold. As far as I know, it happened after unsuccessful low level format. Please help me to restore the original firmware or to do sth else to get the drive to working condition. I think I need a firmware and a tool do restore it. Thank you!

The model of the drive is HGST HDN726060ALE614

I also attach a screenshot.

Thank you.

 

[mnode]

First I would reboot the PC - see if it persists.

Try this otherwise- Drive no longer accessible? Use DiskPart to fix it on Windows 10.

Looks like you have a SATA drive?

 

[pukelis]

It persists. And diskpart does not help:

DISKPART> create partition primary

Disk is uninitialized, initializing it to GPT.

DiskPart has encountered an error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
See the System Event Log for more information.

 

[andrewbedia]

It says unknown (I'm pretty sure) because there are no thresholds detected. Did this drive ever work in your possession? Try in a linux machine and use gdisk?

 

[pukelis]

Other tools show thresholds, but different in each program. I will try to load the disk in linux but hesitate if this can fix cyclic redundancy error.

 

[i386]

What tool did you use to format the hdds?

 

[pukelis]

It was Victoria 5.36, it has hitachi commands support. It did not allow me to do low level format in SATA mode, so I connected the drive by USB and after that I "succeded". (yes, I know it was silly)

 

[pukelis]

Well, I managed to restore the disk. The program that helped me is HGST_fmt.exe.