Help! New Hard Drive initialized but cannot be formatted!
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- Western Digital
- Computers
- Hard Drives
- Formatting
- Format
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Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 11:39:36 AM
I recently bought a new 1TB HDD (Western Digital WD1003FZEX) and I cant get it to format. I've tried going onto My Computer and formatting it there, but it gives me a message saying "Windows was unable to complete the format".
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I have also tried going into disk management and formatting or partitioning it but there are no options to do anything on that disk.
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HELP!

I have also tried going into disk management and formatting or partitioning it but there are no options to do anything on that disk.

HELP!
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ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:41:20 AM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 11:42:50 AM
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ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:44:15 AM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:47:02 AM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 11:47:17 AM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:50:21 AM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:53:43 AM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 11:56:05 AM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 11:57:50 AM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:03:08 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 12:04:50 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:05:41 PM
Also, my bios. http://imgur.com/a/B9xL3
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ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 12:11:00 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:17:31 PM
ModernWarfare said:
sorry to disturb but i need your motherboard modeltook me a while but its the p8h77-m http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8H77M/
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Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:21:02 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 12:22:35 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:37:13 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 12:39:31 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 12:42:14 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 12:45:54 PM
ModernWarfare said:
sorry. hmm ok have you tried putting the new hdd's sata port on the blue slot?im not sure which one, theyre all blue http://www.asus.com/websites/global/products/jyt8wc4pJD...
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July 3, 2014 12:49:14 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 1:03:44 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 1:04:54 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 1:23:20 PM
ModernWarfare
July 3, 2014 1:28:15 PM
Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 1:29:34 PM
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Michael Lau
July 3, 2014 6:40:16 PM
Hey! I just wanted to let you know I fixed it! The hard drive was fine and working. What I did was reinitialized the drive by going into diskpart.exe then typing the following:
"Open a command prompt with ELEVATED privilege (Administrator)
DISKPART
LIST DRIVE
SELECTE DRIVE <DRIVE NUMBER> (EXAMPLE: SELECT DISK 2)
CLEAN
EXIT"
I then went back into disk management and initialized it with the wizard and it worked!
Just a response for anyone who needs help in the future!
Thanks for the help btw MordernWarfare!
"Open a command prompt with ELEVATED privilege (Administrator)
DISKPART
LIST DRIVE
SELECTE DRIVE <DRIVE NUMBER> (EXAMPLE: SELECT DISK 2)
CLEAN
EXIT"
I then went back into disk management and initialized it with the wizard and it worked!
Just a response for anyone who needs help in the future!
Thanks for the help btw MordernWarfare!
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July 4, 2014 4:12:48 AM
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