Did a I get a bad drive?

[leeland]

So I purchased a WD 3tb Red drive which I planned on using as a secondary internal drive.

I installed the drive just fine, got it to recognize in Computer Management --> Disk Management.

I initialized the drive (GPT)

I made a simple volume

Then I went on to assign the drive letter and do a full format.

That went fine, then after a reboot the drive did not appear again.

Upon review it is showing as RAW storage, and I wasn't able to format the drive or access it.

I went through dispart to totally clean the disk and start over. Repeated the same steps and am re-formatting the drive fully (not quick format).

It lists as 'formatting' but in event viewer I am seeing the following errors over and over

The device, \Device\Harddisk1\DR1, has a bad block.
Encrypted volume check: Volume information on E: cannot be read.

Is there anything someone could recommend to see if I need to return this drive and get a replacement?

I am thinking it is a bad drive but I haven't worked with a new drive in several years so just looking for opinions / options before going through the RMA process.

Thanks,

Lee

 

[aigomorla]

did you shuck it from a external usb enclosure or is this a true desktop drive?

 

[leeland]

did you shuck it from a external usb enclosure or is this a true desktop drive?

Nope straight up desktop drive.

After posting, I went through and attempted to reset the drive again and this time instead of formatting via the GUI I used the CMD method, it hung on 0 percent for 3 hours which I at that point threw up my hands and canceled it.

I was prompted with the following output which I am fairly certain means the drive is bad


WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE S: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y
Formatting 2.7 TB
The media being formatted has been removed or has become invalid.
Format aborted.
30720 bad sectors were encountered during the format. These sectors
cannot be guaranteed to have been cleaned.
Format failed.

 

[aigomorla]

yup bad drive...