ESXi 6.7 Installation

[valteesjunior]

Hi All.

I'm trying to reinstall ESXi 6.7 in a SSD disk, but I'm receiving the error "The selected disk has a VMFS volume which cannot be scaned. It may be corrupted or disconnected. Please select a different disk or correct the issue".

I tried to remove all partitions using VMware Host Client, no success. I tried to attach this disk in another server to reinstall ESXi, no success. I tried to connect this disk in my PC using a USB HD Case to format using Windows (Disk Management and Diskpart), no success.

Anyone could help me?

Kind Regards.

Valter Junior

[continuum]

Use a Linux livecd and wipe the disk - at the very least wipe the first 3GB with zeroes.

[valteesjunior]

Hi continuum. Thank you for your support.

Should I use an specific Linux Live CD version? Because I tried to format disk using Ubuntu ISO, no success.

Kind Regards.

Valter Junior

[daphnissov]

Run DBAN against it. I guarantee it won't survive that process. Google for the site and download.

[valteesjunior]

daphnissov

Hi daphnissov. Thank you for your support.

It's not working, DBAN test was failed.

Kind Regards.

Valter Junior

[daphnissov]

If DBAN failed then that disk is broken, which explains why nothing else works. Throw it away and get another.