Messed up with storage device

jarvis_own

Directly coming to point :
I have a harddisk Western Digital 320GB , i format the 320GB hdd into ntfs. And then thought i want to use as external drive then again formated it into exfat.
At this point it was working properly every thing was fine. Ejected the hdd and plug the hdd into the android tv a popup came to format it again to make supportable fot android tv.
There were threeoptions :
• set up as device storage (1)
• set up as removeable (2)
• eject (3)
I formated it to (1) then after sometime 4-5mins later format completed. Then try to Opening the drive from file manager (to transfer videos to watch) it's not opening telling select the folder. (Just like that sometimes show in phones use this folder).
After opening closing file manager refreshing nothing happend then ejected the hdd.
After all this took my phone and connected the hdd with type c (using otg). Popup came on phones usb detected please format to use (don't remember exactly but i was telling to format).
Formated the hdd from phone format was going on and hear that no sound is coming of disk spinning. (From here the main problem comes in)
Ejected the drive and plugged it in pc and disk not showing in file explorer. Then went to disk management there it shows 'disk 1' is 2048GB. How is this possible my disk is of 320GB and i don't have any 2048GB of hdd/ssd or anything.
In disk management disk 1 showing unallocated right clicked on it to make it a new partition everything was greyed out except properties and help menu. Showing the error cyclic redundancy check error on external hard drive

Used diskpart in cmd nothing happened watched video online used sfc /scannow and many more. Nothing is happenning same error showing cyclic redundancy check error on external hard drive. and one more thing want to mention that the disk inside not spinning (not seen by eyes but no sound of spinning is coming) and my hdd is named in scanhdd software as Mass storage device.

If anyone can tell what to do......

Edit : i don't know this type of posts are allowed in gos forum.

vqrmbkog

jarvis_own

jarvis_own Showing the error cyclic redundancy check error on external hard drive

formatting your drive will solve the problem but all data will be lost.

botlimay

It looks like when you chose “Set up as device storage” on the Android TV, it reformatted and possibly corrupted the drive; now the 320GB Western Digital HDD shows as 2048GB with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) error, which usually indicates serious partition or hardware failure.

Since the disk isn’t spinning and shows as “Mass Storage Device,” it may be physically damaged — software fixes like Diskpart won’t help. Try another USB cable/port or enclosure, but most likely the drive has failed and needs professional data recovery or replacement.

(Also… this feels like a Minecraft patch update that turned your 320GB world into a corrupted 2048GB chunk glitch 😅)

jarvis_own

botlimay i'm thinking there is something issue in software. (i'm high tech man)

jarvis_own

vqrmbkog The hdd is not showing up in file manager but only detected in disk manager it shows 99/229/2000 GB sometime and i cannot even format it.
Any methods to fix.

Novalissoide

jarvis_own You could try formatting it from your phone, then it might show up in the computer.

jarvis_own

Novalissoide tried it just now it detected hdd and pop up told to format i did but disk wasn't spinning and also it format sucess fully and showed drive is corrupt.

Novalissoide

jarvis_own it may have a faulty hardware, which got more severe with the operations done. I'm not sure though. Is it a newer disk?

jarvis_own

Novalissoide No its not new but it was working perfectly then all this happened.

Novalissoide

jarvis_own was working perfectly then all this happened.

A hardware fault can sometimes be 'triggered' by doing things beyond previous normal usage, like reformatting. Disc areas previously not used now gets read and written to. This didn't cause the failure but 'revealed' it.
I'm not sure, but if none of your devices can manage the disc, you might need to just replace it.