I have a new WD 2Tb caviar green sata drive that I can not get to format.
I am running a clean new install of Windows 7 on a SATA drive using a slightly old MB, ASUS AV8 deluxe, 2.5 g ram AMD processor, 9800 ATI AGP video. 64 bit
I have tried Windows format with no discernable progress.
I have used Acronis which goes to 3 of 3 - Creating partition then has no progress.
Any suggestions.
I do see the drive in Windows Manage - Disk Management screen
Also having issue getting VIA SATA driver to run on 7. MB has 3 IDE inputs & 4 SATA. Also have an add in card with 2 more SATA & 1 more IDE input.
Gary