Hi guys,
bought a couple of WD caviar greens to other week, and only got install them today. Im planning to put them in a 4 bay external HDD.
The 1st one was recognised in windows, and quick formatted without a hitch.
The 2nd however is recognised during POST, and can be seen in the computer management screen in windows 7.
However, it will not format at all. It just hangs, and if i go and come back later it has either 'stopped working' or has formatted it into a RAW format (which i somewhat disbelieve). If i try and access, it says it needs to be formatted.
I used the WD diagnostic tools and it sometimes recognises it, on other ocasssions its not or displays incorrect info which doesnt make any sense (like #s for example). I also tried fails the write zeros test with errors ocurring earlier on.
I have tried the hdd internally too, and same problems are seen.
This is the first hdd i have ever had problems with in over 12 years!
bought a couple of WD caviar greens to other week, and only got install them today. Im planning to put them in a 4 bay external HDD.
The 1st one was recognised in windows, and quick formatted without a hitch.
The 2nd however is recognised during POST, and can be seen in the computer management screen in windows 7.
However, it will not format at all. It just hangs, and if i go and come back later it has either 'stopped working' or has formatted it into a RAW format (which i somewhat disbelieve). If i try and access, it says it needs to be formatted.
I used the WD diagnostic tools and it sometimes recognises it, on other ocasssions its not or displays incorrect info which doesnt make any sense (like #s for example). I also tried fails the write zeros test with errors ocurring earlier on.
I have tried the hdd internally too, and same problems are seen.
This is the first hdd i have ever had problems with in over 12 years!
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