Can't Format True Image Backup Drive
Hello,
I wanted to repurpose a 4TB seagate drive I was using as a True Image backup disk. I assumed a fresh reformat would work but it seems like my old encrypted backup files have locked the disk. I get 'windows can't reformat' and 'drive is read only' errors.
I was able to remove the disk under Disk Management and read a new partition but it only shows the 1.6TB that wasn't used in the backup as free. So now my 4TB drive is a formatted 1.6TB drive and after several hours and several different disk tools I can't figure out how to get those missing sectors back.
Does anyone know how to scrape old encrypted backups off a disk?
thanks!
John


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John,
You can boot from rescue media or (F11 if you have that activated) and then try Add New Disk. The linux version doesn't recognize windows permissions.
Let us know if this works.
FtrPilot
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If you wish to remove all data, partition and formatting information from the drive use Diskpart as Bobbo suggests and run command clean all. This will zero out the drive and return it to a RAW state so that you can format and partition the drive as you like.
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