Q: 6TB Western Digital (WD Black) Performance HD
I upgraded recently to one of the newer 4TB WD Black hard drives and it has been working great.
So, I purchased one of the new 6TB WD Black (WD6001FZWX) drives.
When I install it in one of the drive bays in my MacPro Tower (2012 model), Disk Utility sees it but will not initialize it. Disk Utility tells me that the "Operation Failed".
Western Digital tells me that this drive should work in my machine.
Has anyone had this experience?
Even though my profile says I am running 10.11.1, I just applied the update to 10.11.2. So, everything is up to date.
Suggestions?
Mac Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1), 8GB RAM, 256GB SS boot drive
Posted on Dec 16, 2015 6:24 PM
Any drive that will not tell Disk Utility is Make&Model and a reasonable, non-Zero size/capacity has died.
You know it is connected, it has provided its Make&Model. If the drive is spinning (remove the side door with it running [there is no interlock] and touch the drive to check for the vibration of its motor) but still showing a Zero size, you have a Dead-on-Arrival new drive.
This does happen occasionally, but is so rare that we never thought to ask about it. I am sorry if we all gave you a Hard Time.
Contact the Vendor, tell them the drive shows up, but as size Zero, and ask for a replacement.
Posted on Dec 25, 2015 11:53 AM