New 8TB Seagate Archive ST8000AS0002

[ugoagogo]

I just purchased one of these 8tb hard drives and when i format it in GPT thru disk management it comes up as 1.3tb free.

I have this inserted into my Welland sunbright HDD dock connected thru usb.

I'm not super savvy with this stuff is it firmware , windows related ( win 7 used ) or other.

I find it hard to believe its faulty more likely me.

Any help would be appreciated

[dturtill]

Where did you get it from , an you try in another pc or via a Caddy unfortunately it does sound like it may be faulty

[Agrippa]

The main suspect is certainly the dock.

[peterb]

Yes, I'd try partitioning it in a native SATA controller, rather than through a USB caddy. If the caddy has a eSATA connection, use that.

[ugoagogo]

thanks guys , i'll take it to a mate of mine who is handy with this stuff and get him to try

let you know how it goes