[SOLVED] HDD WD Purple 4TB problem

[yippee ki yay]

My PC don't recognize that HDD is attached.
I have a problem with HDD WD 4 TB Purple for video surveillance, I attach him externally via USB 2.0 and power and he begins to spinning and after that, he turns off spinning and I see him in disk mgmt
as a Disk 2 but I cannot him Initialize or anything else.
I have a video, so any help will be great. I think that spinning platters are good but I think that something else is off. I can send video to email or to share link on another place to see who think that can help.

 

[white.a.drew]

My PC don't recognize that HDD is attached.
I have a problem with HDD WD 4 TB Purple for video surveillance, I attach him externally via USB 2.0 and power and he begins to spinning and after that, he turns off spinning and I see him in disk mgmt
as a Disk 2 but I cannot him Initialize or anything else.
I have a video, so any help will be great. I think that spinning platters are good but I think that something else is off. I can send video to email or to share link on another place to see who think that can help.

If the hdd isn't hot plug compatible it could be having a issue initalizing at plug in. You may need to plug it in with the pc off and boot with it plugged in

 

[SkyNetRising]

I attach him externally via USB 2.0 and power and he begins to spinning and after that, he turns off spinning and I see him in disk mgmt

It's probably your USB to sata adapter or hdd power delivery.
Why don't you connect the hdd internally? via sata data/power cables?

 

[thx1138v2]

A number of things can cause this. Video surveillance systems usually record in RAW mode. Whether or not the surveillance system "sees" the 4TB drive would then be dependent of the surveillance system software.

There are also a few reasons your system might see only 2TB.

One is the use of MBR rather than GPT formatting. MBR will only ever see 2TB.

Another is your OS. Windows XP will only ever see 2TB.

 

[Mtop]

I recently put an 8TB in my usb caddy and it would only see 4-2TB drives. In computer I formatted to 8TB
USB 2.0 does not recognize above 2TB?
Putting it back in caddy it was 8TB

 

[SkyNetRising]

OP didn't say anything about wrong capacities being detected.
So - your comments are not relevant - thx1138v2 and Mtop.

 

[yippee ki yay]

It's probably your USB to sata adapter or hdd power delivery.
Why don't you connect the hdd internally? via sata data/power cables?

Thank You, it was a problem with old adapter