got a refurbished wd 3tb sata hard drive.
It shows up in the BIOS but as a 0,0gb drive and it says "Software preserve NOT SUPPORTED"
It doesn't show up in the disk manager or the device manager in windows.
it appears it makes some kind of mechanical cyclic noise at startup but i can't tell for sure.
any advices / hopes? (can't test it in another system until weekend)
It shows up in the BIOS but as a 0,0gb drive and it says "Software preserve NOT SUPPORTED"
It doesn't show up in the disk manager or the device manager in windows.
it appears it makes some kind of mechanical cyclic noise at startup but i can't tell for sure.
any advices / hopes? (can't test it in another system until weekend)
Clicking noises could be indicating internal hardware failure on the drive, so it's best to check how it appears on another system this weekend. Meanwhile, you could try using a different SATA cable and plugging it to a different SATA port on the motherboard. If it's still not recognized by the operating system, you should consider 
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