I bought a 4tb My Book and it says the file system is RAW, and

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2015-12-31 23:32:26 Post No. 21997
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Anonymous 2015-12-31 23:32:26 Post No. 21997 [Report]

I bought a 4tb My Book and it says the file system is RAW, and when I try formatting, it says "The format did not complete successfully."

I don't have any data on it so I don't care about losing anything, but I've been searching all day for a way to get my drive to work and can't find shit. I doubt the drive itself is faulty, I'm sure it's software related, but I have no clue how to solve this, can anyone lend me a hand?

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Anonymous 2016-01-01 02:56:12 Post No.22109
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Anonymous 2016-01-01 02:56:12 Post No.22109 [Report]

>>21997
I would recommend making a live usb/cd of gparted: http://gparted.org/index.php

Then format the drive from the live cd.

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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:09:19 Post No.22116
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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:09:19 Post No.22116 [Report]

>>22109
i've had issues with gparted's live cd in the past.
Yo, op, if you also have issues with the live cd, make a linux mint KDE live cd, or a *buntu live cd, and "sudo apt install gparted"in a terminal to install gparted in the live cd, then just open gparted and use it as you would

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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:12:47 Post No.22119
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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:12:47 Post No.22119 [Report]

>>22116
I've never had any problems with the gparted cd. Just to make sure, I just downloaded it and burned it to a CD, and it works fine.

Your solution will work, but is more complicated than mine.

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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:45:11 Post No.22144
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Anonymous 2016-01-01 03:45:11 Post No.22144 [Report]

>>22109
>>22116
>>22119
thanks for the replies, guys, I'll try these when I'm sober