New WD Black 1TB HDD will not FORMAT!!!!

[ItsPricey]

My WD Blue did not have this problem of not formatting. Now I accidentally erased everything on my Blue trying to re do the partition for the black so it would format and it still did not. The error I get is Windows was unable to complete the format over and over. Have no clue what is causing it any help is appreciated.

 

[RealBeast]

Is the drive actually new and not from a Linux or MAC system, or formatted that way?

And did you first initialize the drive using Windows disk management, which allows you to then format it?

If you are using Windows, and can attach the drive to the system I would open an elevated command prompt (right click run as admin) then run these commands:
diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n is the new Black)
clean

Then open disk management, select the drive, initialize and then format.

The other simple option that will work whether or not you have an OS to work with would be to use a Linux Live USB stick or CD to boot and format the drive in NTFS. I like to use Mint Linux Live made with the very simple free UNetbootin tool.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, @ItsPricey!

I'm sorry to hear about these formatting issues with the WD Black! 🙁 I'd recommend following @RealBeast's suggestion and if the issue is still present, try formatting it through another system/PC as well. It would be really helpful if you post a screenshot of your Disk Management .

If the error appears on multiple systems, you should definitely consider contacting our Customer support for assistance.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted with the troubleshooting!
SuperSoph_WD