installing a New WD 1tb in win7 , partitioned as one drive using GPT , failed to format .
DLGDIAG Quick Test has been at 90% for half an hour and doesn’t seem to be progressing .
this is after canceling a previous 15 minute run .
rather than waste anymore time , is this an RMA candidate ?
hour and 15min .
somebody needs to rework DLGDIAG with logging and time outs for each section of tests so you can atleast tell when it hangs and on what section . looking at Smart Status: Pass and Test Result: ABORT isn’t worth much .
“Smart Status: Pass” just means that no critical SMART attribute has dropped below its threshold value. It does not tell you the actual health of each attribute.
Instead I would examine the SMART report using a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo.