20 Most Recent Seagate U6 (ST340810A) 40 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Your data is already gone. The drive is raw. No partition no format. here is a link to a free data recovery program, this probably wont work but may be worth a try http://getdataback-data-recovery-for-ntfs.soft32.com/free-download/?lp=dsa&tg=us&kw=_cat%3Asoft32.com&mt=b&ad=35354358678&pl=&ds=s&gclid=CIa78aSmk74CFc5ffgod9gEAlA just be sure to opt out of all garbage they want to infest your computer with.

I don't know if this is how you attempted to format but you need to go to my computer and right click on the hard drive trying to format this will bring up menu under which you will see format.

first we need to know a little more about your seagate is it ide or sata?

Are you able to detect the hard drive in BIOS and windows? If yes format it and run scandisk/chkdsk to fix.

Firstly check if the drive spins up, if it doesn't it means the drive is blown, and the only way that you could get that working is to replace the board, which can be tricky.You would be better off getting a new drive altogether.

You can make it slave with jumper settings check in back side of harddrive you can see jumper which is connected to 2 pin of harddrive.
Read instruction on harddrive you can read how to set jumper for make it slave.
Then you ca use it as slave.
Let me know if you need further assistance.
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During the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup usually the Delete or F2 key Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS the using arrow key scroll down to advanced bios features press enter change your first boot device to cd,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart (note after you have loaded the operating system you should go back and change the first boot device to your failsafe or optimized defaults) after windows has loaded your computer will automatically restart it might restart 2 times one to finish the installation the next will be because the operating system is loaded and will boot from your cd during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart as for the software if installaing from a cd/dvd insert the cd or dvd and folow the prompts if you are installing from a download once the program has been downloaded click on it select install if you need more help with this post a reply hope it helps hope this helps

you might try restoring it to factory defaults or bios optimized / failsafe defaults

Restart your computer now as soon as you hit the power button keep on holding Alt key & keep on tapping F10 key Alt+F10 it will open the recovery console select full factory restore and follow on screen instruction

this may vary depending on your computer and operating system

(Note:this will erase all datas on the computer)

or you might try

Restart your computer during the boot process you will see on the screen to press a certain key to enter setup

Press and hold that key during the boot up process to enter BIOS using the arrow keys you can load failsafe defaults or load optimized defaults ,press escape then press f10 to save to cmos to restart You will also need to set the time and date

hope it helps

if its 7 to ten years old it had a good life for that is the life expectancy of any hard drive

Hi, Try another HD, urs might be already broken! Tell us after u done that!

your wire is loose wiggle it to see if thats the cause on your hard drive.

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Hi,

14 Error is related to the manual reboot required once the Drivers or operating system has been newly installed.

So after reinstalling the operating system, install all the require drivers for the hardware and reboot manually it will fix the issue.

Have you tried to format it???

Replace the hard drive if it is not allowing you to reformat, the hard drive could be failing.