Cant open simple volume when adding new hdd

[punchball]

Hi guys! I built my new gaming pc over the weekend but my hard drive had an issue so I sent it back and got a new one. I attached it but when I went to initialize it the simple volume option is greyed out.

Exact same thing that happened to these guys: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/292915-32-hard-drive-simple-volume-wizard-open

However there solution I cant get to work. So what should I do?

I am using a western digital blue 1 tb and windows 8.1

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there punchball,

So the HDD is initialized but unallocated right?
You can try to create simple volume through the Command Prompt in the following way: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725610.aspx

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD

 

[punchball]

Hi there punchball,

So the HDD is initialized but unallocated right?
You can try to create simple volume through the Command Prompt in the following way: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725610.aspx

Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD

Thank you for the reply! I tested the hard drive in a different computer and it turned out the sata cable was busted, after I replaced it the drive works perfectly! Thank you for the reply and happy holidays!

 

[D_Know_WD]

I'm glad you sorted the issue out.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[ScopeSource]

I am having the same problem however when i did everything correctly in the command prompt it says "a disk specified is not dynamic. Please specify a dynamic disk and try again"