2TB green drive, what is the problem that I have?

I got a 2TB drive from a friend and have tried to use it by creating a small partition, installing WinXP on it.

The installation process runs 100% trouble free, but booting is something else, I get a long list of file/driver names flashing by on the screeen, and a reset.

Where do I begin to resolve the issue dnn make the drive usable (again?), I have no clue about how it’s been used before.

Wellcome to the Community.

As a recommendation, test the unit using the DLG tool.

Link to the DLG tool.

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940/session/L3RpbWUvMTQyNDI4NDMxOS9zaWQvNGJRRXJrZm0%3D

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Thank you, that was the first option on my agenda. It failed the quick test so I ran the tests, and after performing complete erase and writing zeroes the drive now looks perfect as far as the diagnostics say…

Hope it also will perform like that, wil try it soon.

I made the drive a basic one and from there on it was all plain sailing. Hope I  didn’t lose any frills I might have enjoyed.

Guess I can manage on my own from now on.