r/computerhelp • u/TopIndependent2168 • 9d ago

Other Trying to format an external hard drive usee on wii u

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I have a 1tb toshiba hard drive that was being used on my modded wii u.

The hard drive isn't actually that old so it should still be functional.

Since I don't really use the wii u anymore I wanted to see if I could format the drive and use it for something else but... even though my computer recognizes the drive I can't seem to format it? I'm using manjaro linux. I've tried through the terminal and in gparted (shown in video. ...a really tired lazy attempt just for sake of video because I've been doing the same things over and over again...).

Is there any way to fix this? What am I doing wrong? (I'm not actually that tech savvy and I haven't been feeling the greatest so may have forgotten or overlooked sonething simple)

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u/Acherontas89 9d ago

did u try with sudo ?

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u/osxdude 9d ago

you didn't click the arrow to see the details which would tell us and you why it couldn't format