WD Elements 1023 - 1TB - Write Protected - Wont Show - Wont Format

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i have my brand new 1TB 2.5 Portable USB Western Digital 1TB drive that is faulty. how can i reformat it? my 1TB is now 2TB **bleep** whats going on?

disk management says - NOT INITIZILISED, WONT INITIZILIZE… wont format

says - Virtual Disk Manager - Disk Is Write Protected

no data recovery software works i tried all

drive now shows as 2TB and its only 1Tb **bleep**?

please help

western digital support wont help either…

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how to fix the metadata of 1TB WD elements 1023

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R4Cross

It is possible the disk drive is using MBR partitioning instead of GPT partitioning, which could result on size irregularities with disk drives over 2TB.

I would recommend performing a full test using Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics for Windows. If a full test and S.M.A.R.T. status test are to pass then the disk itself is healthy and re-initializing should correct the issue. After writing zeros to the disk (low level, deep-sector format), you will have the option to initialize the disk again.

For more information, please visit the following link:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/940/