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, I get a prompt saying "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it." The disk in question is the new drive, labeled Disk 2, where Disk 0 and Disk 1 are the two SSDs. I press OK for the prompt, and get an error saying "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
It should be noted that it is only when the beeping stops that I get this prompt when opening Disk Manager. If I open it while the beeping is ongoing, the new drive does not show up at all.
After the I/O error, I try right clicking Disk 2, which reads as "Unallocated" in Disk Manager, but all the options are grayed out, and I am unable to format the new hard drive in any way. I tried a third party partition app, EaseUS Partition Master, but I also get an error when attempting to perform a format in that app.
I tried troubleshooting the cables and connection of the new drive, but no success there. I read and watched numerous tutorials on fixing the I/O device error, but none of the suggestions helped. I tried searching online for what the beeping means, but I still have no clue.
And so now I'm here. Anyone able to help?
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, I get a prompt saying "You must initialize a disk before Logical Disk Manager can access it." The disk in question is the new drive, labeled Disk 2, where Disk 0 and Disk 1 are the two SSDs. I press OK for the prompt, and get an error saying "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."
It should be noted that it is only when the beeping stops that I get this prompt when opening Disk Manager. If I open it while the beeping is ongoing, the new drive does not show up at all.
After the I/O error, I try right clicking Disk 2, which reads as "Unallocated" in Disk Manager, but all the options are grayed out, and I am unable to format the new hard drive in any way. I tried a third party partition app, EaseUS Partition Master, but I also get an error when attempting to perform a format in that app.
I tried troubleshooting the cables and connection of the new drive, but no success there. I read and watched numerous tutorials on fixing the I/O device error, but none of the suggestions helped. I tried searching online for what the beeping means, but I still have no clue.
And so now I'm here. Anyone able to help?
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