Seagate 3TB HDD not getting detected by computer

[Sushubh]

WD 3TB works just fine.

 

[ashish]

replace the drive, ask them for a WD one if possible or get the refund and buy a wd hdd

 

[Navjot Singh]

Yeah. Why sell it when you can still get it replaced?

 

[Sushubh]

Really do not change my motherboard to get it working. lol.

I was planning to get that Netgear NAS. But I am guessing I would still need to format the drive before I can install it in that thingy? From the review linked from that other thread, Netgear's device is not capable of formatting a brand new hard disk. :
I am not sure if they would replace it with another model.

No option to initialize to GPT as mentioned here: https://goo.gl/ct1JFU
This is the page on Seagate website which talks about using Seagate DiscWizard to get hard disks larger than 2.2GB to work on older systems: https://goo.gl/5ulW9J

 

[Antlion]

Try cleaning the drive and formating through diskpart like in the link i mentioned before.1. Select disk (number)2. clean3. convert GPT4. create partition primary size=xxxxxx (xxxxx refers to size in mb)5. assign drive letter=xx..6. format

 

[ashish]

have you kept your mobo's bios upto date? some mobo's have specially released bios update for recognizing hdd greater than 2.2 tb.

 

[DNA_Uncut]

Update the bios as suggested. And then use Gparted. It should work if you have patience.

 

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[Sushubh]

My BIOS is on the latest update that was released by Asus for the specific model. Version 2105

Seatools has nothing to offer except for tests. There is no firmware update for this drive.

 

[Sushubh]

 

[DNA_Uncut]

Pretty basic, change the disk to GPT. I thought you did that already.

 

[Sushubh]

How do I do that?

 

[lake1988]

I will get you the command on how to convert to GPT..but once you convert it to GPT use EaseUS to bring it back to MBR with NTFS partition so it will have higher compatibility.

 

[Sushubh]

Alrighty! I need to start by running diskpart right?
The question remains... Formatting the drive is not going to fix the problem at boot time right? Because BIOS still shows it as a drive with 0GB and it stucks at boot time and I have to press F1. And of course, it adds around a minute to the boot time because the system tries to detect the hard drive.

 

[Sushubh]

Someone was to give me steps to do something!

 

[Nishant]

I don't understand how would GPT help when the BIOS itself is showing the capacity incorrectly.

 

[Sushubh]

well yeah. there's that. i have listed the hdd on olx. also have requested flipkart to refund the purchase 😛