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    Question New hard drive beeps when booting and can't be formatted

    Okay, I tried running SeaTools for Windows, and ran the "Fix All Long" test on the new drive... which failed. Fail info says "Unfortunately, your Seagate product has failed an important diagnostic test, possibly caused by problem sectors which are difficult to read. Seagate recommends that you...
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    Question New hard drive beeps when booting and can't be formatted

    I recently purchased a Seagate BarraCuda 8 TB ST8000DM004 hard drive. I connected it to my PC which has two SSDs connected already. When I boot my PC, the new hard drive makes a distinct beeping sound, which continues for some minutes. When I open Disk Manager in Windows 10 to format the drive...