Invalid drive geometry

found an old drive that i would like to reuse as storage drives. 500 gig WD sata drive. Is there a program to fix the (Invalid drive geometry) error or do i throw the drive away? I have tried a bunch and the only one that reads the drive is victoria 4.3. Any help would be great.

 

You might want to look at this page. It's possible a virus "stole" and is hiding on the last sector making it hidden and unreachable. There is a gentleman mentioned within the posts that may have the tools you need and he is the ONLY person that can tell you how to use them. If he can't help you, destroy and discard the hard drive.

 

Thanks for the info. I do not really get it but i found some old utilities that i can try on an old laptop that is still running xp. I have a usb setup to hook the hd to and see if it can read the drive and repair it. Going to try PC Beginner and System Mechanics. Will post what happens.

Thanks