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Author Topic: Hard Drive(s) Formatting Failure(Error Code:18).  (Read 5825 times)

AndrewP

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Hard Drive(s) Formatting Failure(Error Code:18).
« on: December 28, 2011, 05:16:10 PM »
Hi:

I just installed a Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 3TB 3.5" SATA3 5400rpm 32MB Cache Hard Drive into the second (left) bay of my DNS-321 and when I tried to format it I got the message:
       Hard Drive(s) Formatting Failure(Error Code:18).
after a short time.  Actually, it gets to 13% then jumps to 100% for an instant and then the error code is displayed. 

I've tried it a couple of times with the same result.

Help!

Thanks
Andrew
« Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 05:19:19 PM by AndrewP »
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AndrewP

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Re: Hard Drive(s) Formatting Failure(Error Code:18).
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2011, 04:32:50 PM »
Apparently that's the error that you get when you put a 3TB drive in 'cause anything above 2 isn't supported.  (sigh)
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