Brand new hard drive not working on Windows 10

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runnaky

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I have an SSD and just recently bought myself a small hard drive,the BIOS recognizes it(and its size),but when i open Disk Management in Windows 10 the HDD cannot be initialized.

I tried the HDD on my brothers' PC which has Windows 7 and I was able to initialize it.


My pc specs:

i5 6500
asrock H110m-DGS(latest BIOS 7.10 and CMOS cleared after adding new HDD)
Palit GTX 460
8gb DDR4 RAM
Western Digital WD1600AVVS-62L2B0 LINK

Windows 10 Pro ver.1607

 
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D_Know_WD
Hi there runnaky,

That is unpleasant. :(

Did you get some error message when trying to initialize it?

As the drive works just fine on another machine, then you can:
- Use different cables. You can attach the drive with different SATA and power cables to another SATA port.
- You can go to your MOBO's website and update drivers.

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)
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D_Know_WD

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Hi there runnaky,

That is unpleasant. :(

Did you get some error message when trying to initialize it?

As the drive works just fine on another machine, then you can:
- Use different cables. You can attach the drive with different SATA and power cables to another SATA port.
- You can go to your MOBO's website and update drivers.

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)
 
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ArtPog

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1. If the drive has already been initialized what do you mean when you say it "cannot be initialized" in your PC?

2. Is the drive listed in Disk Management? If so, doesn't it indicate the disk-space is "unallocated"? Can you not partition/format the drive? Or are you indicating that the disk is not listed at all in Disk Management?

3. If it's not listed in DM, can't you return it to your brother's machine and partition/format the drive there and then return it to your PC?

4. But before doing so it would be useful to check out the health of that disk while it's in your brother's PC with the WD diagnostic tool. You're dealing with a 160 GB HDD that's pretty old-in-the-tooth and while I note you've indicated it's a "brand new hard drive", I'm wondering if you purchased a refurbished model. I would think it would be pretty difficult to find a "brand new" model of that drive. We strongly advise consumers not to purchase refurbished drives unless absolutely necessary because of $ constraints. It's little more than a crapshoot in our experience and too often leads to frustration & disappointment with the purchase.
 
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