You try doing a clean install of windows 7 on it? It should use NTFS by default.
And welcome to the forums!
Thanks :awe:
However, my plan is to substitute the traditional hd in the mbp of the girl with this new ssd
Does it have the latest FW on it? Perhaps, reflashing it with latest FW would help?
I thought the same, but if you go on the official website
http://www.kingston.com/de/support/technical/products?model=SVP180S2 there is nothing under "Download and Drivers" :hmm:
I forgot, but look around on google. My USB drive once did this(might work for you, might now), I had to do it(format) through CMD. I'm currently heading to my other class and can't find it for you sorry and hope you find what i'm talking about.
I did, and I also tried to format it without using the sata-USB adapter but by connecting it directly to the sata in my desktop, but unfortunately it didnt work..
I followed both this guide
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?74093-How-to-use-HDDErase and either this one
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ure-Erase-From-Within-Linux-For-Windows-Users without success, I could erase it successfully, but whenever I tried to format in ext4, gparted went fine, but after the device refresh the partition was recognised as "unknown" or ext4 with a red exclamation sign ^^
I'm not sure it will help but this should be the command to convert from fat to ntsf:
convert driveletter: /fs:ntfs
Thanks, I will give it a try this evening
From your Windows format picture it looks like you're trying to format just one partition. A smallish 6.6GB partition that appears to be a recovery partition for HP. I'm assuming you want to format the entire drive since you tried to do a secure erase with HDDerase.
If you really wanted to erase the entire drive and not one partition. In Windows run 'disk mangement', delete the partitions until you only have one or none. If you have one extend that to cover the entire disk, then format it.
However, if I were you, I'm quite familiar with HP recovery partitions. Ensure that you have a backup or created DVDs of the recovery partition. Then in windows, run diskpart, and do the following:
list disk [make note of the disk # of Kingston drive]
select disk # [where # is the Kingston]
list disk [check that the Kingston is selected]
clean
That should clear the partition table and MBR. You can then have a clean slate and format it using Disk Mangement.
Ah no, that is a random picture taken on the net showing the same error that I get
Could the problem be the adapter?
Another guy suggested me the same, you mean the microsata-sata, right? Because I already tried to attach it directly to the sata in my desktop..
Maybe I will give a try in this direction, buying a new adapter for 13€ instead a new ssd for 150€ at least ^_^
AAR, all adaptors can be flakey and the failure of HDDerase & HDparm points in that direction.
I mean, it depends what you mean by "failure of HDDerase & HDparm" because apparently the secure erase in both cases goes fine, it is the creation of a partition that fails..
With this in mind, could you try the drive in another machine where you don't need the adapter, make your required partitions and then move back to the machine you intend to use it on?
I tried on my desktop, following the HDDerase howto I posted before, I switch the controller mode in the bios to "Legacy IDE" and went forward with Win and Ubuntu, but without success... maybe I should give a try in ACHI mode or something like that
The problem with the 1.8-in drive is that it is made for specific laptops, and to use it in any other machine requires the Mickey Mouse connection via the adapter. To put it another way, do not try to use 1.8-in drives in a desktop. Reliability is pretty low.
And, yes, Rick - the photo is the new me.
I connected it on my desktop only after tens of attemps on the mbp failed