January 25, 201115 yr I just ordered 2 WDEars 2tb and one is making a clicking noise and i started preclearing one and it works when i try to preclear the one making the clicking noise it says this disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table is there something wrong with it and what should i do?
January 25, 201115 yr I just ordered 2 WDEars 2tb and one is making a clicking noise and i started preclearing one and it works when i try to preclear the one making the clicking noise it says this disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table is there something wrong with it and what should i do? It is normal for a brand new drive to not contain a valid partition table. That will not exist until the drive is partitioned. The clicking noise is not usual... Post the output of a smart report to know the drive's true health smartctl -d ata -a /dev/sdd
January 25, 201115 yr Author Seems like the noise went away not sure right now its on the preclear process will post results and smart report once that is done.
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