I purchased two identical Seagate Backup Plus 8 TB USB drives from Costco. When I attached the first of the two drives, everything worked perfectly. But then, when I removed the first drive and attached the second drive, Windows 10 barfed - said the drive is "Not Initialized." And when I try to initialize it, I get an error, "The system cannot find the file specified."
For the record, when I removed the first drive, Windows wouldn't allow it - said the drive was "in use." So, I had to manually force it "Offline" first. Then, it ejected fine. When I re-attached the first drive, it was recognized by Windows perfectly and automatically taken "Online."
Now, I don't actually believe there's anything wrong with the second disk. I think it has something to do with the fact that these are identical drives and Windows is getting confused. I say this because, just a few months ago, I had similar troubles with a pair of Seagate 5 TB drives. The failures were different but, again, the first drive worked fine and things only went wonky when I tried to use the second drive.
I suspect there's a quick way to 'brand' the drives so Windows can better tell them apart, but I don't know how. I did relabel the first drive, but the second drive remains "Non Initialized" and I can't seem to change this. Maybe I can take it to another computer and do some sort of branding there?
Any suggestions are appreciated.
For the record, when I removed the first drive, Windows wouldn't allow it - said the drive was "in use." So, I had to manually force it "Offline" first. Then, it ejected fine. When I re-attached the first drive, it was recognized by Windows perfectly and automatically taken "Online."
Now, I don't actually believe there's anything wrong with the second disk. I think it has something to do with the fact that these are identical drives and Windows is getting confused. I say this because, just a few months ago, I had similar troubles with a pair of Seagate 5 TB drives. The failures were different but, again, the first drive worked fine and things only went wonky when I tried to use the second drive.
I suspect there's a quick way to 'brand' the drives so Windows can better tell them apart, but I don't know how. I did relabel the first drive, but the second drive remains "Non Initialized" and I can't seem to change this. Maybe I can take it to another computer and do some sort of branding there?
Any suggestions are appreciated.