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Sata HDD will not format or initialize

Carolina Bay
By Carolina Bay
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Hi all,

Just completed my first build and have a Sabrent 512GB SDD with Windows 10 installed. I also have a Seagate Ironwolf 3TB NAS internal HDD - 3.5 inch Sata 6GB/S 5900 RPM 64MB cache. I cannot get it to initialize, format, or do anything. It is visible in device management and Disk Management. It is not visible in My PC. I have tried everything I have seen from researching this problem. I have not tried a different cable or motherboard connector because I assume that if it is visible, that probably isn't the problem. I am putting in a screenshot below of the Disk Management window and no matter what I try, I get the I/O device error.

 

I am using a MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max motherboard with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU. I am not an expert here and everything seems fine except for this issue. I also haven't used Windows in years, so am a bit rusty, having been using Linux and MAC for the past few years. Would a program like AOMEI Partition Assistant be helpful? I have also had trouble formatting a flash drive, but that also happened on an old Windows 7 computer I had access to and that program solved that problem on that computer. Thanks for any suggestions.

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Can you see it with a Linux liveCD?

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

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Trying another cable and SATA port is precisely what you want to do... and if those don't work it looks like the drive is dead.

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23 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Trying another cable and SATA port is precisely what you want to do... and if those don't work it looks like the drive is dead.

I tried a new cable on the same port and then another port. Same results. I wonder if I messed up the drive when installing it, I was using anti-static procedures. Thanks again for your suggestion. Going to try the Linux boot idea and then call it a day and replace the drive.

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On 6/5/2020 at 1:19 PM, Bombastinator said:

Can you see it with a Linux liveCD?

Just tried this with Lbuntu on a flash drive. The drive was listed, but it would not mount. I hope I can return it and I will be ordering another one. Thanks again

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