New HD, doesn't look too new

[ghidu]

I just got a new WD HD and started by checking it for errors.
The strange thing from the start was that it appeared that the HD had some "bad" partitions on boot.
When I got in windows, disk management showed the disk as "foreign" and after "importing" it the disk is dynamic not basic. This one is a backup HD and I don't want to think that I got a used one and they didn't even low level format it, just deleted the partitions.

 

[Buck Naked]

Did you buy it off of Ebay, or a store?

 

[ghidu]

Originally posted by: Buck Naked
Did you buy it off of Ebay, or a store?

store.
It's an OEM disk but the antistatic bag was untouched

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Return it and get a new one.

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Return it and get a new one.

 

[Markbnj]

Check to see if there's anything cool on it first.

 

[ghidu]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
Check to see if there's anything cool on it first.

How can I recontruct the partition table?

 

[Vegito]

something like active undelete or some other partition recovery software.. check the label.. is it oem label or a "white" label.. sound like you got either a refurb or black market product..

I got my own anti-static sealer so... u can't trust those..

 

[ghidu]

Oh, and another thing: the model number is WD160JS-22MHB0, but it has 3 more numbers, like CT, P/N1 and GPN and they all look like xxxxx-xxx (instead of digits).