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I want to format my external hard drive which is a Western Digital 500GB, through cmd dos command. But it fails because all NTFS boot sectors are not writable. Here are the commands I gave and what I got in return!

C:\Users\Stefanos&Fratzeskos>FORMAT F: /Q

The type of the file system is RAW.
The new file system is NTFS.
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE F: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)? Y
QuickFormatting 476269M
Volume label (32 characters, ENTER for none)?
Creating file system structures.
The first NTFS boot sector is unwriteable.
All NTFS boot sectors are unwriteable.  Cannot continue.
Format failed.

Is there something I can do to format my disc?

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    HAVE YOU TRIED A NORMAL FORMAT INSTEAD OF AN QUICK FORMAT? (SKIP THE /Q). AND ANOTHER THING. WHY ARE YOU YELLING? It's much easier to read your questions if you type like a normal person.
    – Nifle
    Nov 17, 2011 at 17:45
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    I THINK HIS KEYBOARD DOESN'T INCLUDE LOWER CASE, BECAUSE EVEN HIS NAME IS IN ALL UPPER CASE. Nov 17, 2011 at 17:49
  • WHAT @NIFLE SAID.
    – Shinrai
    Nov 17, 2011 at 17:52
  • WONDER HOW HE GOT HIS TITLE IN ALL SMALL LETTERS
    – Sathyajith Bhat
    Nov 17, 2011 at 18:22
  • Thanks @Sathya if you took the time to reformat the question.
    – Dave M
    Nov 17, 2011 at 19:24

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