Western Digital WD800BB Support Question
Western Digital WD800BB Support Question
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Question posted by brardb on August 12th, 2014
How To Format Wd800bb Hd Larger Than 32 Mb
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Answer #1: Posted by SuperSophWD on August 13th, 2014 3:47 AM
SuperSophWD
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July 30th, 2014 Points: 2,200
Hey there, brardb!
There are several ways you can format a drive.
One is by right-clicking on the drive in Windows Explorer and choosing the option "Format"
The other way to do it is by using a WD software.
Here's a link with instructions how to do it and what softwares you can use:
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211
I'd suggest to download Data LifeGuard Diagnostics and choose the option to WRITE ZEROES (a.k.a. Full Erase)
This will format your drive and perform a full erase.
Hope it helps.
SuperSoph_WD
www.wdc.com
Related Western Digital WD800BB Manual Pages
Product Specifications - Page 1
... platforms in 8, 16, and 32 MB cache sizes. Product Features
Cache
WD Caviar Blue is used throughout this family of human hearing. You can never have too much storage space. WD Caviar® Blue™
Desktop Hard Drives
With SATA and PATA interfaces, and cache sizes ranging from 80 GB to 1 TB.
Pick the drive that suits your data...
Product Specifications - Page 2
...Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache (MB..., ± 10%)
1 TB
WD10EALS
SATA 3 Gb/s 1,000,204 MB 1,953,525,169 Yes Yes Yes 3.5-inch Yes
3 Gb/s 126 MB/s 32
7200
300,000
Product Specifications - Page 3
WD Caviar Blue
Specifications1
Model number
Interface Formatted capacity User sectors per drive LBA support SATA latching connector Actuator latch/auto park Form factor RoHS compliant2
Performance
Data transfer rate (max) Buffer to host Host to/from drive (sustained)
Cache (MB)
Rotational speed (RPM)
Reliability/Data Integrity
Load/unload cycles4 Non-recoverable read errors per bits...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 2
... you are ready to connecting the hard drive. Your hard drive is packaged in direct contact with care during unpacking and installation. standard 40-pin, 80-conductor cable; Make sure that your custom installation instructions based on user's hardware configuration and operating system. Data Lifeguard Tools for drives larger than 137 GB. Compatibility
Windows® XP (SP 1 or...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 4
... Tools to use the Master/Slave jumper setting.
-3-
Note: Cable Select mode is larger than 137 GB as Master (Master ID=0, Slave ID=1). Autorun the CD to maximize the full capacity of hard drive utilities called Data Lifeguard Tools with partitioning and formatting. Execute the Diskette Creator program on the left side. 3. Click Yes to...
Quick Install Guide (pdf) - Page 5
... that your system BIOS supports your system BIOS may not function properly on hard drives larger than 32 GB
Q263044 Q263045 Q263050
Windows 95 Does not support hard drive capacities (all versions)
• FDISK does not recognize the full size of hard drives larger than 64 GB
• FORMAT displays the size of this issue. Troubleshooting
If after the installation of your...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 3
...Up Your Hard Drive 11 Install a New Boot Drive 11 Install an Additional Storage Drive 14 Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB 17 Drive-to-Drive Copy Utility 19 Hard Drive Information 20 Install the Hard Drive in a Macintosh System 21
22 Troubleshooting
Operating System and BIOS Limitations 22 Alternate Instructions for Installing a Drive (Windows XP/2000 24 Hard Drive Formatting Issues with...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 4
... Warranties 31 Your Use of the Product 31 Limitation of Remedies 31 Limitation of Damages 31 No Consequential or Other Damages 31 Online Warranty Inquiry 32 Extended Warranty 32
TABLE OF CONTENTS - ii
User Manual (pdf) - Page 13
...View Installation Tutorial - Create, view, and print a customized installation manual. ! Partition and format an installed hard drive; overcome the 137 GB, 32 GB, or 8.4 GB system BIOS limitations. ! Copy all the files or a specific folder from the CD. set a specific hard drive size. ! Hard Drive Information - Register Online - Register your setup and configuration, you wish to another in...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 15
... Boot Drive
1. Click on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17.
a) If using the Windows version, the CD autoruns on your new Western Digital hard drive both as a new boot drive as well as the new boot drive and click Next. Data Lifeguard will take several moments to format or partition as an additional storage drive. DATA LIFEGUARD...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 16
... TOOLS V11.0 - 12 To add partitions, use the slider bar to set up your setup options, number of partitions, file format, and the size of each partition. Data Lifeguard is automatically partitioned to the largest capacity based on installing hard drives larger than 137 GB, see page 17. The Custom Partition Setup screen below appears.
User Manual (pdf) - Page 17
... the Windows installation CD and restart the system. Follow the on the drive. Your Western Digital hard drive is jumpered as Slave, you can bypass this function and proceed directly with Windows installation.
After Data Lifeguard Tools has completed formatting and partitioning the drive, the setup summary screen outlines all of the steps completed. DATA...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 21
... data loss. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Install a Drive Larger than 137 GB
To access the full capacity of a drive larger than 137 GB. Alternate Solution: Intel® offers...steps according to connecting the hard drive.
From the main menu, click on Set Up Your Hard Drive from the setup menu. 4. Caution: Formatting a drive past the 137 GB barrier on your system BIOS...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 22
.... 6. DATA LIFEGUARD TOOLS V11.0 - 18 Choose your new drive.
WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
5. Click Next.
8. The following message will automatically be selected and installed in the next step. DDO is a device driver that the drive you want to achieve full drive capacity. Select the drive that you are setting up is larger
than 137 GB.
User Manual (pdf) - Page 25
...'s built-in a Power Mac, follow the steps below. c) To install a hard drive less than 137 GB (Additional drive)
1. The drive that came with the Master/Slave jumper configuration in the following system configurations: a) If your original Apple Setup Guide or go to format and partition the drive. Use the Apple Disk Utility to www.apple.com/support...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 26
... exceeding 137 GB. Western Digital Service and Support
Operating System and BIOS Limitations
Computer operating systems and system BIOSs have adopted a 48-bit addressing system which can be supported in your system or motherboard manufacturer for Installing a Drive (Windows 2000/XP) ! To overcome this capacity barrier, hard drives higher than 32 GB. Hard Drive Formatting Issues (Windows...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 27
Boot from the Data Lifeguard Tools CD. - To access the full capacity of 8.4 GB and larger hard drives, your system BIOS must support extended BIOS functions, and your system BIOS supports 8.4 GB or larger hard drives. It is an 8.4 GB hard drive limitation on some traditional system BIOSs. Windows Me ! Windows 98SE (Second Edition)
TROUBLESHOOTING - 23 Other options are to ensure...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 29
... specific article ID number. Note: Cable Select cannot be used when alternative jumpers are selected. FORMAT displays the size of hard drives larger than 32 GB. WESTERN DIGITAL EIDE HARD DRIVE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Hard Drive Formatting Issues with Windows 95/98/Me
For 32 GB drives and larger, several limitations with the Windows operating system programs have difficulty detecting large capacity...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 30
... format the hard drive. Note: Typically a message is making the
noise. If you have determined that this is normal. Next, you attach the drive to the power supply with the hard drive connected. My hard drive ... once the Data Lifeguard Tools CD is completed, the drive size should show the capacity as being 502 MB or 528 MB. Leave the power cable attached.
2. When you will be failing...
User Manual (pdf) - Page 31
... the system only recognizes 2.1 GB, 8.4 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, or 137 GB of the hard drive or something significantly less than the actual capacity of the hard drive and use the higher transfer rates.
3.
I installed a large drive into an older computer, which does not see if this issue and has released a fix for drives larger than 64 GB in binary gigabytes. Why? Purchase...
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