Hello!

I have a problem with a WD20EZBX HDD. It have two bitlocker partition on it and one small MSR. I have an ASUS CS-B motherboard with TPM chip onboard (i think version 1.4). I encrypted the drive with the onboard Chip
The problem is i can't format the HDD or unlock the Bitlocker Partitions. Whenever i try to do the mentioned stuff it instantly turns off. Even reboot not work i have to shutdown the computer and turn it back on to see it again.
SMART says the disk have no problem and surface test works perfectly with reading.

I searched everything on the internet but found only one similar post to mine and the answer there didn't helped me.
I tried the HDD in different computer with different SATA cable and in a HDD docking station but same symptom
I tried different partition softwares both in Windows and Linux and nothing helped. Some said CRC error, some I/O input error, some just stopped the partitioning with an error.
On Linux i ran sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc bs=512 count=1 same thing happened.
My question is:
- Are there any hardware write protection exists on these HDD-s which turns it off if i try to write anything on it? I unlocked write protection in windows on the HDD but it didn't helped thats why i think it some kind of hardware write protecion.

- Or something is shorting a circuit on the HDD itself? But then how read surface test finishes without any error?

Sorry i am not really a professional but on other forums i would probably just get a generic answer and i wish there some kind of fix for this problem.
Thanks for any help in advance

Data is not important right? your just trying to format it so you can reuse it?

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Yes. I already have the data saved elsewhere.
I have a dual boot system both Windows 10 and Linux Mint installed. I used Bitlocker after Linux Mint installation so it bugged. After grub it asks for the recovery key. I managed to find out that if i hit Escape on grub it enters to the system. it worked for a long time this way. The windows system is installed on a 240Gb SSD, and this 2tb HDD was used alongside Windows 10. The Linux mint installation is on a 60GB SSD and a 1tb HDD is used for home. Linux system is also encrypted.
I moved every windows user folder from the SSD to the HDD. Even page and documents folder was linked there. I just checked In victoria HDD/SSD the HDD info shows more like my other SSD not like the other HDDs. Could my setup caused a firmware malfunction maybe? or just Victoria bug? I should wrote this in my first post sorry, i didn't know if it was important just saw the victoria info

Yes! Do you have any suggestion how can i do that, or where should i start?

it is probably some firmware issue, but without knowing the reason it is hard to advise...
try to have it replaced in warranty if data is not important

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I don't have warranty anymore thats why i asked the forum. Maybe its saveable