[SOLVED] I can't Initialize My Hard Drive "

[lolcoolpro.123]

I just bought this WD 1TB Hard Drive recently, when i try to initialize it, there's an error "the request could not be performed because of an i/o device error" and sometimes my pc didn't detect my HDD. I already test my SATA cable and all of my SATA Port with my DVD Drive, and everything is normal. Except when i test it into my HDD, it wont work.

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[DSzymborski]

It's a nearly seven-year-old hard drive. By year five, the failure rate on HDDs is in the 20% per year range already (by Backblaze's data).

Hopefully you didn't pay much. Old hard drives aren't worth anything, really.

 

[lolcoolpro.123]

It's a nearly seven-year-old hard drive. By year five, the failure rate on HDDs is in the 20% per year range already (by Backblaze's data).

Hopefully you didn't pay much. Old hard drives aren't worth anything, really.

damn, i just spent 40 bucks for nothing. Btw, thanks for the advice

 

[DSzymborski]

damn, i just spent 40 bucks for nothing. Btw, thanks for the advice

Oof, that was not a good price; you can buy a new 1 TB hard drive for around that. Given the failure rate, I wouldn't suggest paying more than $5 for a seven-year-old drive and personally, I don't think it was worth the bother for free. Think of it as a lesson learned. Getting scammed for a GPU tends to be far more expensive. Is there any recourse? Did the seller claim this was a new drive?

 

[lolcoolpro.123]

Oof, that was not a good price; you can buy a new 1 TB hard drive for around that. Given the failure rate, I wouldn't suggest paying more than $5 for a seven-year-old drive and personally, I don't think it was worth the bother for free. Think of it as a lesson learned. Getting scammed for a GPU tends to be far more expensive. Is there any recourse? Did the seller claim this was a new drive?

Yes, the seller claim it's a new drive and they give me 1 year warranty, so i'll come back to the store tomorrow and claim it