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Problem initializing or formatting - Enquiries - 12-17-2023
Hi good morning
I bought 18tb EXOS ST 18000NMO00J, my purpose of buying it is for backing up my files.
Moving forward to make the long story short
This is the 2nd unit i recieved 1st 1 is damaged.
Every time i initialize the format its error.
It pop up like this
Erasing "ST18000N M000J Media" (disk4) and creating "Untitled"
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Couldn't open device. : (-69877)
Operation failed..
I tried everything that is available format for other options but everything pop up same thing.
For info: ( ive tried it already 2 units)
* windows os (laptop)
* mac os (laptop)
We dont have desktop to try it.
Hope to hear from your team
Thank you.
RE: Problem initializing or formatting - ed - 12-18-2023
I think both drives are damaged. It is better to get new ones.