My Book 1tb External HD problem?

Tawy · 12-18-2008, 12:09 AM

Hey all,

I bought myself a new external hard drive today called My Book by Western Digital with a 1 terabyte capacity.

I connected it to laptop and it wasn't showing up under My Computer so I went on their site for support. There it said that the HD is set up for macs with "HFS+ Journaled formatting" and that it first had to be formatted for Windows. So I followed their guidelines** and started formatting it in NTFS as suggested by them.

Now the HD has been formatting since about 2.30 - 3 h and it is still formatted only 18%. I don't think this is normal, is it? Does this mean my HD is faulty or did I do something wrong?

Thank you very much for your help,

Tawy

**Link to their guidelines:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1

ukulele_ninja · 12-18-2008, 12:15 AM

Are you connected via firewire or USB?

That might not actually be incorrect considering its capacity...

Tawy · 12-18-2008, 12:19 AM

USB 2.0, sorry I forgot to mention that..

12-18-2008, 12:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tawy New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	My Book 1tb External HD problem? Hey all, I bought myself a new external hard drive today called My Book by Western Digital with a 1 terabyte capacity. I connected it to laptop and it wasn't showing up under My Computer so I went on their site for support. There it said that the HD is set up for macs with "HFS+ Journaled formatting" and that it first had to be formatted for Windows. So I followed their guidelines and started formatting it in NTFS as suggested by them. Now the HD has been formatting since about 2.30 - 3 h and it is still formatted only 18%. I don't think this is normal, is it? Does this mean my HD is faulty or did I do something wrong? Thank you very much for your help, Tawy Link to their guidelines: http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc....i=&p_topview=1

12-18-2008, 12:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
ukulele_ninja VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ohio Age: 23 Posts: 4,201	Are you connected via firewire or USB? That might not actually be incorrect considering its capacity... __________________ http://raptr.com/badge/7183de702f2e4...bbc43e0/fs.png

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12-18-2008, 12:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tawy New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2	USB 2.0, sorry I forgot to mention that..