wd external hard drive mac cannot format not enough space

WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE MAC CANNOT FORMAT NOT ENOUGH SPACE INSTALL
WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE MAC CANNOT FORMAT NOT ENOUGH SPACE SOFTWARE

Got an error message after about 16 minutes (must have been when the zero write operation was completed on the SSD part). Then I tried to do a complete write zero. I just tried using DLG Diag to preform a Write Zeros (quick) but it would not work.

WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE MAC CANNOT FORMAT NOT ENOUGH SPACE INSTALL

I tried formatting again the drive and installing again Windows 8, but still got a 1043GB drive and could not install the WD software. Not enough free space on the HDD part of the drive. 'An error has iccured while installing WD Black² Dual Drive

WD EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE MAC CANNOT FORMAT NOT ENOUGH SPACE SOFTWARE

I tried to install again the WD software but got the following error message: This resulted in a drive with a size of 1043GB. What happened is that, instead of just repairing the OS, the entire OS was installed again and apparently the drive was formatted. So I tried to repair the OS with the Windows 8 recovery DVD (my PC is a Sony Vaio S15). But then the OS was corrupted (for instance, the task manager was frozen). After some trying, finally it started again after I placed the Windows recovery CD in the DVD drive bay. Initially it wouldn’t wake up from the standby mode. Then, about three days ago, the Windows 8 OS got corrupted.

Was able to make the 1TB HDD visible and everything worked fine for a while.

I bought the drive on April 16th (9 days ago), then installed Windows 8. I have exactly the same problem as described by lveusse. Delete the HDD partition under Windows Disk Manager and then run the WD Black2installation software and choose the “uninstall” option. Please backup and remove all data on the HDD partition.This will permanently erase all data off the HDD. WARNING: Returning the drive to factory default configuration requires deleting the 1 TB HDD partition.How do I return the dual drive to factory configuration? WD Black2 Dual Drive is a fusion of a fully accessible solid-state drive for your operating system with a generous capacity hard drive for personal data and large files.Īlso, there is information about returning the drive to factory configuration here: The SSD portion is available to install/clone the OS to it.

Software is required to unlock the 1 TB portion of the dual drive.

I know that it does state that specifically (anywhere that I could find), with the exception of this: The Black2 is not meant to be a secondary drive, it’s meant to have the OS installed on the SDD portion of the drive. You say you didn’t install any OS “and after software installation, without any operating system, the computer shows 1040GB”, if you didn’t that is why your showing 1040GB.

Wd external hard drive mac cannot format not enough space