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Solved The Parameter Is Incorrect When Formatting. Help?

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I have a hard drive that after attempting to dual boot ended up useless. I finally got some files off it and was ready to wipe it and start over. Windows 10 wouldn’t install so I deleted everything, formatted entire drive, created new primary partition-still nothing. Using command prompts I cleaned the drive, created a new primary partition and tried to format it. After saying it was 100% completed, it said, “DiskPart has encountered an error: The parameter is incorrect.”

I’ve tried clean all command for a more thorough job and gotten the same error. Hard drive test says it’s good. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.

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  1. “No, I couldn’t”
    Opp’s, forgot that.

    “I’m going to get a new one”
    Best way,

    “Off topic but if anyone has any advice on new laptop hard drives”
    Maybe SSD.
    Note: you do not defrag an SSD.

    ” I’m just gonna get the cheapest 1 TB”
    That’s what I would do.

    “I’ll be back in a couple of weeks to let you know if it worked”
    Thanks.

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