Peetee,

I finally got around to upgrading my gen 1 to a 1TB drive 2 weeks ago and it synced fine.   

I did enable the TOR option but I am thinking its your drive - they are so cheap I would probably try another - I used an M2 drive $42 on amazon

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B25LZGGW?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1