HDLoader - Failed To Format HDD

[FlynMonkeez]

I put in a 5gig HDD I had laying around. It detected it and asked if I wanted to format it, I press continue and I can hear the HDD do something for a second then it says "Failed To Format HDD!". Other people have gotten really small drives to work so I don't think thats the problem.

[t0n]

The simple answer that covers it...some drives just will not work. I dont know why, I doubt many people do.

[bigfootale]

i just bought a wd 120gb hd and i get the failed to format error too. is there anything else that could be happening other than "some don't work". btw, i am using the 8mb rip version.

[Alcahest]

yeah, you can check this page :
http://ps2drives.x-pec.com/
Later,

Alcahest

[bigfootale]

thanks for the link alcahest, but i find that chart to be somewhat misleading- most of the people that list their drive as non-working are just people that can't figure out how to mod the adapter to make it fit or get their jumper settings correct (it is apparent from their comments). so i want to push this a little more- can anyone explain why there appears to be such a large variance in compatibility? is it a limitation in the software, or is a combination of ps2 version hardware or modchip that determines it. as far as i know, HD's are pretty much identical to a pc/console- what gives? when i try to format the drive it immediately fails and errors- has anyone gotten around this?

hope you guys don't mind me beating a dead horse.

[Alcahest]

if it's a "western digital", try to set the jumper to "cable select" instead of "master".
Good luck,

Alcahest

[G-MAN]

try formating with something else, dms, sony util, blah, blah, blah.

[Pistons18]

I'm not sure, but didn't the hd loader web site say that WD and Segate didn't work as well and its better to use Maxtor. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[Lunovus]

You´re wrong.

http://www.hdloader.com/site.php?page=faq#What hard disk drives will work with HDLoader

They recommend Maxtor but don´t say anything against WD or Seagate.
They also recommend to check http://ps2drives.x-pec.com/ for lookin up if a specific model of HDD will work

[bigfootale]

i tried formatting using the dms hdd tool and it immediately errored when it tried to format.

g-man, would you mind expounding on 'sony util, blah, blah, blah'- what other tools can i use? i am up for trying everything.

thanks in advance.

[Lunovus]

If the DMS Tool won´t do, the others will most likely also have problems.

Chances are the HDD is not compatible.
Maybe it lacks SMART capabilities.

Ciao
Lunovus