Wd hdd not working

[pranavsmapari7]

message is displayed when hdd is connected saying format hd, but it doesnt format and i cant acess the hdd

[ERmorel]

Hi and welcome to the WD Community.

If you don’t have information on the drive that you don’t want to loose, try using the WD DLG Tool to write zeros.

Link to app:

How to low level format or write zeros (full erase) to a WD hard drive or Solid State drive