I just purchased a WD Caviar 1TB 16MB 7200 Sata 3 HD. I am trying to install it into my MP 2*2.66. Disk utility will not partition it or let me do anything. It comes up as "Media" Serial ATA 2 Total Capacity - 0, SMART Status Not supported and Partition Map scheme - unformatted. I tried to partition the drive like I stated earlier, but it will not do anything. Please help. Thanks.
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That's weird. You might have a bad drive. The only way to really find out though is try it in a different computer.
have you tried using your Restore Disks or the Leopard Disc (if you're running leopard) and opened disk utility from those disks and tried?
or perhaps have access to an external case to attempt to format to?
goodluck with it
or perhaps have access to an external case to attempt to format to?
goodluck with it
I tried Disk Utility from Leopard and does the same thing as it does by doing straight from the computer.
Does this mean a bad drive?
Does this mean a bad drive?
Some drives require being formatted before you can really use them. This would be the simplest thing. Otherwise I would check the drive in a different bay and a different computer (if that is possible).
If I recall correctly I did not have to format my Seagate drives, but I did have to format my WD Raptors.
If I recall correctly I did not have to format my Seagate drives, but I did have to format my WD Raptors.
I tried the drive in a different bay, but the samething happened. I do not have the means to put into a different computer.
you may have a bad drive :0
thats not very good reputation points, havent even used it. id take it back
thats not very good reputation points, havent even used it. id take it back
Just to chime in on my experience with a WD 1TB Green drive:
Though it's a differant model than the OP had, I bought two WD 1TB Green drives the day I bought my Mac Pro back in June.
One drive still works perfectly to this day, the other began to die about a month after purchase. It would just disappear from finder and upon rebooting the computer, it would show up again for maybe 10 minutes, than be gone again. A few weeks later, it just died completly. I replaced it with a drive that the OP has and it works perfectly.
It's very much possible to get a bad one regardless of brand and they can be bad from the start.
You should bring it back while you can still exchange it. I will have to return mine to WD under the warranty but I probably will just throw it away because I'm too lazy to go through all the hassle of shipping it out.
Though it's a differant model than the OP had, I bought two WD 1TB Green drives the day I bought my Mac Pro back in June.
One drive still works perfectly to this day, the other began to die about a month after purchase. It would just disappear from finder and upon rebooting the computer, it would show up again for maybe 10 minutes, than be gone again. A few weeks later, it just died completly. I replaced it with a drive that the OP has and it works perfectly.
It's very much possible to get a bad one regardless of brand and they can be bad from the start.
You should bring it back while you can still exchange it. I will have to return mine to WD under the warranty but I probably will just throw it away because I'm too lazy to go through all the hassle of shipping it out.
i have a 1tb WD Green edition and its perfectly fine, had it for a good 5months and its going strong as. i am constantly writing files larger than 5gb,10gb at least once a week.
I went out and purchased another WD Caviar 1TB and plugged it in and everything works.
Thanks for everyone's input. It was my first time trying to install an additional HD.
Thanks again.
Thanks for everyone's input. It was my first time trying to install an additional HD.
Thanks again.