Securely Format and Erase Inaccessible Hard Drive Partition
updated on 2017-11-06 to Data Erasure
Logical error or virus is the common cause which makes a hard drive partition become inaccessible. In order to fix the error or reuse the partition, you need format or erase the hard drive partition. However, if the data in the inaccessible hard drive is important, you should recover your data with data recovery software before formatting or erasing the hard drive partition. Here, you can follow this guide to completely recover lost data from inaccessible hard drive partition: Data Recovery from Inaccessible Hard Drive Partition >>
But today, we don't want to talk about how to recover lost data from inaccessible hard drive partition. Instead, we will talk about data erasure of inaccessible hard drive partition. It is possible to format inaccessible hard drive partition by quick format (Windows) or disk utility (Mac) tool. But, if you want to permanently erase data including virus on your inaccessible hard drive partition, you need third-party data erasure tool.
Use data eraser to format and erase inaccessible hard drive partition
Well, the quick and safe solution to format/erase inaccessible hard drive partition is data eraser. AweEraser is reliable data eraser for both Windows and Mac platform. It can help you securely format and erase inaccessible hard drive partition on PC or Mac. Now, you can follow these steps below to securely format inaccessible hard drive partition and erase all data into the inaccessible hard drive partition.
Step 1: Download and install AweEraser.
Download and install AweEraser on your computer. Please don't install it to the inaccessible hard drive partition.
Step 2: Erase inaccessible hard drive partition.
Run AweEraser on your computer. You will see three options. Choose "Erase hard drive" and select your inaccessible hard drive partition to erase. After you click "Erase" button, AweEraser will format your inaccessible hard drive partition and erase all the data information on the inaccessible hard drive partition.
Step 3: Check the erased hard drive partition.
When the erasure is completely, you can access to your hard drive. If it asks you to format the hard drive partition, just quick format it. Now you can reuse this partition.
Please note that AweEraser will permanently erase the data on the inaccessible hard drive partition. Please recover useful data before you use AweEraser to format and erase the inaccessible hard drive partition. Data recovery software can help you recover lost data from inaccessible hard drive partition. After your data is saved to another hard drive, you can use AweEraser to format and erase the inaccessible hard drive partition within simple steps.
AweEraser can erase inaccessible hard drive partition on Windows, and erase inaccessible hard drive partition on Mac. It also can help you erase USB flash drive, memory card and digital camera, etc.
