[SOLVED] External HDD "Not Ready" when initializing

[Iranem]

So I recently bought multiple external hard drives (4 total) of 8 Tb each.
Upon arriving home, I tought I would format them and get on with my day, however it said "Disk is not ready" in disk management when trying to initialize it, I tought might be the cable that came with it, so connected it to a SATA cable directly, same issue, still, no biggie, hard drives are sold with problems all the time, so I moved on to the next one.
Same issue on the next one as well ; Wouldn't initialize, so obviously doesn't have a letter yet either.
At this point, I was worried my computer might have the problem despite no other symptoms, so I tried another one ; Same issue.
Maybe windows 10 was the problem so I dusted off an older computer running win 7 and tried it there ; Same issue.
I tried sfc / scannow, a chkdsk, every single thing I could think of and ever everything google came up with and NOTHING seems to help.

Sort of wondering how all 4 could have the exact same issue, so I decided I'd give it one last attempt by posting here as I'm out of solutions.

Edit : I forgot to mention I did find the following error message : "Not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match" however even doing steps recommended for this either didn't help or were the same thing I've already done

 

[kanewolf]

So I recently bought multiple external hard drives (4 total) of 8 Tb each.
Upon arriving home, I tought I would format them and get on with my day, however it said "Disk is not ready" in disk management when trying to initialize it, I tought might be the cable that came with it, so connected it to a SATA cable directly, same issue, still, no biggie, hard drives are sold with problems all the time, so I moved on to the next one.
Same issue on the next one as well ; Wouldn't initialize, so obviously doesn't have a letter yet either.
At this point, I was worried my computer might have the problem despite no other symptoms, so I tried another one ; Same issue.
Maybe windows 10 was the problem so I dusted off an older computer running win 7 and tried it there ; Same issue.
I tried sfc / scannow, a chkdsk, every single thing I could think of and ever everything google came up with and NOTHING seems to help.

Sort of wondering how all 4 could have the exact same issue, so I decided I'd give it one last attempt by posting here as I'm out of solutions.

Edit : I forgot to mention I did find the following error message : "Not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match" however even doing steps recommended for this either didn't help or were the same thing I've already done

Do these disks use external power, or just USB power? If just USB power, do you have a powered hub to ensure you have enough power?

 

[Iranem]

USB power, I have used other things that require USB power in the same port, I also tried another confirmed to work powered port on the back, same thing happened, two same ports work with a different external drive I've had for years, also work for charging phones, controllers, cameras, etc.

 

[kanewolf]

USB power, I have used other things that require USB power in the same port, I also tried another confirmed to work powered port on the back, same thing happened, two same ports work with a different external drive I've had for years, also work for charging phones, controllers, cameras, etc.

These drives could require more power than your USB port can supply. That is my first thought.

 

[fzabkar]

AFAIK, 8TB drives would be 3.5" models (+5V and +12V power), in which case they would be powered from an AC adapter. They cannot be powered solely from a USB port.

Connecting these drives directly to a SATA port would provide both +5V and 12V supplies. However, SATA power pin #3 must be masked off with tape, as this is now the Power Disable pin. If your PSU puts +3.3V on this pin, the drive won't spin up.