So my old Seagate 3TB drive died (and I later learned that they have notoriously high failure rates) anyways I decided to get a new 3TB drive...this time I got a Toshiba (can provide more specific information on the model if anyone wants it). I'm installing it and I decide to do a full format using Windows disk management tool...and this thing is SLOW. It took about 2 hours in it get to 38%, but at 38% it just seemed to freeze completely. I let it go another 2 hours at 38% before I just cancelled the format.
What the fudge? This is a brand new drive and already giving me problems...is this natural to take this long? Should I try using a different program to do this? Should I just give up on a full format and go for a quick format? I'm trying the full format again right now (currently at 5%), but if it hangs at 38% again I'd like to know what else I can do.