HDD low level format tool and HDD raw copy error

[ries1971]

Hi all,

I tried the HDD low level format tool and HDD RAW copy tool a week ago and it worked well.

Yesterday i tried again and get the following error with all usb thumb drives :

7-4-2017 08:23:07 * * * * * WARNING!!! * * * * *
7-4-2017 08:23:07 DURING THE LOW LEVEL FORMAT PROCESS
7-4-2017 08:23:07 ALL DATA WILL BE FULLY and IRREVERSIBLY ERASED!
7-4-2017 08:23:15
7-4-2017 08:23:15 =================================================
7-4-2017 08:23:15 HDD Low Level Format Tool 4.40; http://hddguru.com
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Low level format: [8] Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 PMAP [31,44 GB] (61415424 512-byte sectors)
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Device capacity: 61,415,424 sectors
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Locking device...
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Formatting...
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Format Error occurred at offset 0: 5
7-4-2017 08:23:15 Format Error occurred at offset 65,536: 5
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7-4-2017 08:23:18 Format Error occurred at offset 31,406,882,816: 5
7-4-2017 08:23:18 Format Error occurred at offset 31,440,437,248: 5
7-4-2017 08:23:18 Average speed: 12052,4 MB/s
7-4-2017 08:23:18 Low-level format is complete.
7-4-2017 08:23:18
7-4-2017 08:23:18 Remember to create new partitions.

I did not copy all because it's a very long list.

This is the error from HDD RAW copy :

7-4-2017 08:48:05
7-4-2017 08:48:05 HDD Raw Copy Tool 1.10; http://hddguru.com
7-4-2017 08:48:05
7-4-2017 08:48:05 * * * * * IMPORTANT: DURING THE DUPLICATION PROCESS
7-4-2017 08:48:05 ALL DATA ON TARGET WILL BE IRREVERSIBLY OVERWRITTEN!
7-4-2017 08:48:05
7-4-2017 08:48:05 Source: [0] IMAGE of USB DISK 3.0 PMAP [15,51 GB]
7-4-2017 08:48:05 Target: [8] Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 PMAP [31,44 GB]
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Locking device...
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Copying...
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Write Error occurred at offset 0 (5)
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Cannot write to target, aborting...
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Average speed:
7-4-2017 08:48:12 Operation terminated at offset 0 LBA 0


This happens with all my thumb drives.

It looks lik it's not accessible for the programms.
In windows i can put files on the drive and format as normal.

Please anybody an answer for my problem ?

Thanks in Advance !

With kind regards.

Ries

[rogfanther]

You can use the windows long format. It will write to all the sectors in the disk, and the flash controller will distribute the writes to compensate for the wear leveling.

[ries1971]

Pen drie is not gone, i can still use it but the tool does not format, tries other pendrives to same problem. I tried on antoher pc and there the programms are working both with this pen drive. the other pc does not......

[rogfanther]

Maybe related to running software, antivirus, virus, even windows explorer opened to the disk you are trying to wipe.

[ManfredTH]

you can have a try with other tool