As the title says, I JUST BOUGHT a new computer, 2 days old, built AND 'TESTED' at their shop.
Computer has 1 SSD and 1 HDD. I installed windows over ubuntu from the SSD. The HDD was RAW, and could not be used at all. I tried to format it normally, and it failed. I tried some other partition wizard, and it failed. I tried different options with drive management, and it still failed. Eventually, I tried using my windows installer disk, but for some reason, it was stuck at setup is preparing, and I couldn't use it again(???). I tried to look in BIOS to format the junk, and there was nothing. Eventually, I used another formatting program, except, after it finished formatting it, the drive disappeared, completetly. It is not found by OS or BIOS. Only Intel Rapid Storage Technology sees it, and is now complaining about a SMART event.
I'm at lost of words at my unfortune, even more-so on this junky WD HDD.
What should I do now?
Computer has 1 SSD and 1 HDD. I installed windows over ubuntu from the SSD. The HDD was RAW, and could not be used at all. I tried to format it normally, and it failed. I tried some other partition wizard, and it failed. I tried different options with drive management, and it still failed. Eventually, I tried using my windows installer disk, but for some reason, it was stuck at setup is preparing, and I couldn't use it again(???). I tried to look in BIOS to format the junk, and there was nothing. Eventually, I used another formatting program, except, after it finished formatting it, the drive disappeared, completetly. It is not found by OS or BIOS. Only Intel Rapid Storage Technology sees it, and is now complaining about a SMART event.
I'm at lost of words at my unfortune, even more-so on this junky WD HDD.
What should I do now?
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