I honestly suggest switching from WBFS Manager to Wii Backup Manager. WBFS Manager hasn't been updated for ages and it suffers from many issues - trouble with big drives being only one of them. As for the 4.0 version of the WBFS Manager, the only difference is that it handles GC Iso's for modchip users. Switch. I did and never regreted. If that doesn't help, check these things:

1. Does your HDD have a "Limit Capacity" jumper? If so, remove it.
2. Put a jumper on MASTER position when using it via USB.
3. Try connecting it as SLAVE and via a standard SATA/IDE cable directly to the mainboard.
4. Try deleting all partitions and reformatting.
5. Try leaving a small NTFS partition appart from the game partitions.
6. If nothing helps, wipe the drive with Easus Partition Manager
7. If that doesn't help, return it as faulty.

Also, "weird noises" aren't anything that you should be truly concerned of. They all squeak sometimes.

This post has been edited by Foxi4, Sat, December 4th, 2010 at 02:31