Trouble formating new hardrive

**clocker** · 01-13-2008, 04:19 PM

Go back into Disk Management and see if it's appearing.
If the disk hasn't been initialized/partitioned/formatted it won't appear in My Computer.

**krish123** · 01-13-2008, 04:21 PM

no it isnt appearing, ioh right i havent done all three but was trying to format it, how do u intailize the disk?

**clocker** · 01-13-2008, 04:27 PM

Typically, when you plug in a raw disk the wizard will pop up automatically.

I think you have a problem with that drive.
Or maybe the enclosure.

If possible, you could remove the drive from the enclosure and connect it directly to the PC (via IDE or SATA, whichever it happens to be)...basically, eliminate the enclosure from the equation and see what happens.

**Broken** · 01-13-2008, 04:30 PM

I'd strongly recommend returning the drive for a replacement.
There is no reason you should be having as many problems as you are. The easiest explanation is usually the correct one, and I'd say you have a bad piece of hardware on your hands.

**krish123** · 01-13-2008, 04:47 PM

thing is when i first plugged in the drive it did appear in my comp as fat32. when after unsuccesfully formatting the hd then it went from my comp. preferably i dont want to open the hard drive.

**clocker** · 01-13-2008, 04:52 PM

I think Broken has it right...you shouldn't be having this much trouble.
External drives are supposed to be plug-n-play and clearly, yours is not.

Seems to me you have two options:

-Return the unit as defective

-Try it on another PC and then return it as defective.

**krish123** · 01-13-2008, 06:23 PM

i am going to email the company i bought it from, thing is ive already had many problems getting it to me and dont want to post it bak to america. when i on the hd it makes a repetitive clicking noise for about 10-15 seconds then goes quit is this usual?