Almost looks like bad sectors. Might want to try badblocks
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/badblocks
Maybe try formatting it ext4
Maybe try another USB port and cable

On Nov 24, 2016 1:21 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> I really appreciate the help.... It errored out though. Here is what
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> *Create Primary Partition #1 (ntfs, 232.88 GiB) on /dev/sdd*  00:00:37    (
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> create empty partition  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
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> *path: /dev/sdd1start: 2048end: 488396799size: 488394752 (232.88 GiB)*
> clear old file system signatures in /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
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> write 68.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 0  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 67108864  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
> write 4.00 KiB of zeros at byte offset 250058108928  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS
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> flush operating system cache of /dev/sdd  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
> set partition type on /dev/sdd1  00:00:00    ( SUCCESS )
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> *new partition type: ntfs*
> create new ntfs file system  00:00:37    ( ERROR )
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> *mkntfs -Q -v -L "NexStar" /dev/sdd1*
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> *Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.Creating NTFS
> volume structures.Creating root directory (mft record 5)Creating $MFT (mft
> record 0)Creating $MFTMirr (mft record 1)Creating $LogFile (mft record
> 2)Creating $AttrDef (mft record 4)Creating $Bitmap (mft record 6)Creating
> $Boot (mft record 7)Creating backup boot sector.Creating $Volume (mft
> record 3)Creating $BadClus (mft record 8)Creating $Secure (mft record
> 9)Creating $UpCase (mft record 0xa)Creating $Extend (mft record 11)Creating
> system file (mft record 0xc)Creating system file (mft record 0xd)Creating
> system file (mft record 0xe)Creating system file (mft record 0xf)Creating
> $Quota (mft record 24)Creating $ObjId (mft record 25)Creating $Reparse (mft
> record 26)Syncing root directory index record.Syncing $Bitmap.Syncing
> $MFT.Updating $MFTMirr.Syncing device.*
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> *Failed to sync device /dev/sdd1: Input/output errorSyncing device. FAILED*
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> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks@gmail.com>
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>> Get gparted and use it to take a look. Lots of USB drives have some wonky
>> trick they use.
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>> On Nov 24, 2016 12:04 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I got a problem. This new drive won't format. Linux saw it when I first
>>> plugged it in. I then tried copying some files to it which resulted in an
>>> error appearing after 5-10 minutes telling me to open windows and run
>>> 'chkdsk \f' on the device. Then I plugged it into windows10 and couldn't
>>> figure out how to open a terminal so I decided to format it. But it
>>> wouldn't format. When I attempt to it flashes twice a second for a little
>>> then a long flash then again quickly. So I figured I would attempt the
>>> format with Linux but Linux doesn't see the drive now so no formatting with
>>> it. Can someone help?
>>> --
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