Hey all,
So I have a 1TB WD Blue Hard Drive from 2014 that I put into a RAID for backup purposes then canceled later due to not needing it anymore. So the HDD basically has 0 data on it. Since then, I have tried to use it as alongside my other WD Black 1 TB HDD. (I also have Windows 10)
Unfortunately, the WD Blue HDD will not show up anywhere on my PC. When it is plugged in on startup, it makes the PC freeze up at the ASUS screen, making it impossible to get into the BIOS with it plugged in at startup. I have tried "hotplugging" it and can hear it spin up but it will not show up in Disk Management or the BIOS no matter what. It doesn't even show up as "unallocated". I have also tried it on all the SATA Ports, which all work fine for my WD Black HDD. I even tried hooking it up to my friends PC with my two of my SATA cables (which proves that they are not faulty) and it booted up with no problems at all. I even had him format the drive, but it did nothing to help my problem.
So now I am close to giving up on this drive and just buying a new one, but I figured I should post on here and see if I could get help in anyway possible. I would really appreciate it. Thank you!!
So I have a 1TB WD Blue Hard Drive from 2014 that I put into a RAID for backup purposes then canceled later due to not needing it anymore. So the HDD basically has 0 data on it. Since then, I have tried to use it as alongside my other WD Black 1 TB HDD. (I also have Windows 10)
Unfortunately, the WD Blue HDD will not show up anywhere on my PC. When it is plugged in on startup, it makes the PC freeze up at the ASUS screen, making it impossible to get into the BIOS with it plugged in at startup. I have tried "hotplugging" it and can hear it spin up but it will not show up in Disk Management or the BIOS no matter what. It doesn't even show up as "unallocated". I have also tried it on all the SATA Ports, which all work fine for my WD Black HDD. I even tried hooking it up to my friends PC with my two of my SATA cables (which proves that they are not faulty) and it booted up with no problems at all. I even had him format the drive, but it did nothing to help my problem.
So now I am close to giving up on this drive and just buying a new one, but I figured I should post on here and see if I could get help in anyway possible. I would really appreciate it. Thank you!!