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I am stuck on start up Initializing for hours Thats all the drive is saying. Help Please

I just pluged this WD DX 4000 drive in and I’m stuck on start up Initializing. Its been about 4 hours .Can I unplug this? Will i mess something up? It’s so frustrating I cant even estabblish anything . Just want to get started. PLEASE HELP .
THANK YOU!!!

Hello,

As a recommendation, contact WD Support for direct assistance on this case.

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can you tell from your dhcp server if it got an IP addy?

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