WD drive not recognized on boot

[zabadabadoo]

@Aravisian

If this was me, I would wipe and format the drive entirely, beginning to end, prior to installing to it. Then I would use the "Something Else" option to pull up the partition manager to take full control of the partitioning.

Aren't we going through something similar here re Something Else Method:

Installing to specified drive without modifying others?

@KuiperZone I have in the past used Gparted to prepare swap, / and, /home partitions then use "Something Else" method for dual-boot. But that is Win/Zorin dual-boot. The only problem I have had with Something Else method, was fogetting to set the mount point on one occassion. I refer to this (old but good) guide to that process, as I am not in the habit of frequent installs. https://zoringroup.com/forum/6/2601/

I may be 180deg wrong, in which case tell me to "shut-up".

EDIT:

@FrenchPress

I think 45GB space is bit too small for Zorin, no?

Not for me