How to Fix External Hard Drive Not Initialized

[@nathankent91]

Mine was the 2nd case, it works perfectly by simply readjusting the drive to cable. Much thanks

[@hadiprinting4398]

Hi

[@artacrosstheuniverse]

I don't think I've ever had something run as poorly for no reason as the partition assistant did, anytime I clicked on disk surface test it did nothing and would almost crash constantly even when I wasn't doing anything on it

[@rajlkatrodiya]

Your are life saver mate....software updates work for my external hard drive... Heartly appreciate... Thanks,

[@rubyzeng9017]

You explained everything in detail that is nice and fixed my problem.

[@rikoflishas]

yeah, nothing worked

[@arbesterrebereb]

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[@arbesterrebereb]

Try that if you have check redundancy error

[@arbesterrebereb]

Note that you will lose some files but I didn’t let it finish for 100% erasw but worked

[@lauryn1111]

you saved my disk, rebuild mbr worked for me nice tutorial.

[@danielfennock3707]

So I rebuild MBR with Aomei partition and it fixed this error, excellent video!

[@Shadow_Company1]

This method caused a data loss to me

[@MCA__c__soham]

is there any data loss in your drive??

[@righttime9445]

Wow 🤩 you are great. Your method of explanation so good. I am from Pakistan 🇵🇰.

[@0xxhomie981]

worked for me, thank you aomei

[@hunterjoy4346]

Thank you this saved my day, this is a nice tool.

[@BscKmajhi]

are you the ower of this software? I saw your photo on their website.

[@AruanaACN]

Thanks so much for your tutorial, but unfortunately it didn't help. I was looking for a solution for my 2TB Seagate Portable HD which stopped working. It's beeping and it shows "not initialized" plus "unallocated" on Disk Management. Also, Disk Management doesn't show its capacity properly, like it was 134217728 GB. When checking it on AOMEI Partition Assistant, it shows 0KB and 0 partition. The program shows an error message when trying to recover this disk. Nothing happens when I click on "surface test".

[@Tellin08]

I have this same exact problem with same weird capacity number for the same external Seagate 2TB HD. If you've figured out a solution, please let me know.

[@AruanaACN]

@@Tellin08 Didn't find a solution yet. Did you?

[@Tellin08]

@@AruanaACN I tried taking the portable shell off the HDD itself where the sata and power outlets are now exposed but I think I may have messed it up more. It won't even be detected on any level now and instead gives a beeping sound. Be very careful in taking the HDD out if you choose to do it. It was more difficult than I thought it would be. I haven't yet :( The only solution I think is to send it in for an expensive repair. I'm considering Luis Rossman because they seem the most honest.

[@raiyaanbawany2637]

Samr

[@raiyaanbawany2637]

Plss help me plsss

[@keyiwan5947]

Thank you so much aomei, this one really saved my issue which troubled me so long.

[@RB_MOBILE_REPAIRING_CENTER]

Data risq

[@Beef_jerky_official]

@@RB_MOBILE_REPAIRING_CENTERwho cares as long as it starts working again

[@kftham8728]

Excellent. 👍 Thank you very much. Looking forward for more great tutorials especially on AOMEI Partition Assistant😊

[@themyronc]

I got the disk to come online but still getting the cyclic redundancy check when I convert to mbr or gpt

[@satishgunjal3803]

Same issue but what the solution for that ?

[@byroncos]

Thank you so much I solved my issue... Once you see online right click on your disk then create a new partition select xFAT then next... OS: Windows 11 Drive: SanDisk SSD Plus 1 TB

[@pcgameplaywithsailor7083]

Kindly reply My disk showing zero bytes in cmd chkdsk. Not showing in pc Not initialized in dsc mngmnt trying to inialized but say .fatal hardware error In cmd wmic get drive status showing ok.

[@shinchan_gaming9709]

The request could not be performed because of an I/O Device error this was showing in my laptop what i have to do

[@Thefristrealtywiver]

Me too Bro did u fuond the problem?

[@shinchan_gaming9709]

@@Thefristrealtywiver no bro

[@Thefristrealtywiver]

@@shinchan_gaming9709 I think it is a hardware problem

[@shinchan_gaming9709]

@@Thefristrealtywiver maybe bro of you find any solution please share with me bro

[@Thefristrealtywiver]

@@shinchan_gaming9709 sure I will go to a specialist tomorrow and I tell u the problem

[@RazerMan3]

It still doesn't work for me even with the the steps provided because when I plug in my hard drive it makes a beeping noise

[@oiTzFLeTcHo]

This video was an absolute life saver! Thank you so much!!!

[@OscarDanielZarcoGonzalez]

I openly recommend this program, it is very good!!

[@danmolition7221]

I really appreciate sharing this I’ve been trying to connect my drive back to my pc after I had connected to my Xbox. Can you also suggest any videos about connecting a external to any Xbox consoles but to include recognizing the drive back to the pc? It would surely help a lot

[@kingdams111]

Im so happy this video solve my problems♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@AOMEITech]

Also happy for you here!

[@ajohn4320]

This is awesome! It worked for me.

[@felicitybrown368]

this is really helpful video, only one that worked for me, thanks aomei.

[@Julayla]

The details help me, though my part when I tried to do the disk management part when I tried to do the MBR part gave me a "Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)" message and I'm not sure how to fix that part.

[@sairahcristino907]

I have the same problem. Were you able to fix your hdd external?

[@jobsjobs6256]

@@sairahcristino907 hi, same probelem. did u fix urs guys?

[@lotfilataoui7457]

It's a very excellent explanation

[@sweejus17]

Great content! Useful and helpful

[@AOMEITech]

Thank you for your support dear!

[@PIUEEDahod]

i have the issue? diskpart has encountered an error: data error (cyclic redundancy check) pls. help me out?

[@abhijithmahipalm3367]

For me when opening disk management, its not opening. Just showing opening Virtual Disk Service. Once it got opened, then I tried MBR for initialization, also GPT...in both cases semaphore time out happened...what to do...need help guys

[@kangbayan8242]

Up

[@abhijithmahipalm3367]

What does that mean

[@itadobe]

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[@satyanarayan1200]

It's really works.Thanks for this information.

[@parasharp28]

I thought, it'd allow me to rebuild MRB but the demo version doesn't have the feature.

[@theMaharashtraCounsellor]

Actually my disk was showing in disk management. I used CMD was creating partition to get initialise it. But suddenly power cut off happend so everything got shut. Now after my windows turns on it is not showing hard drive in it which I have connected through usb port. What to do Can't understand???

[@Raven777777777777777]

Guide is nice but unfortunately none worked for me. When i try "Situation 2 - Method 2 Check Bad Sectors" it doesnt do anything. For other working drives surface test window opens but no reaction or error for broken drive and previous fixes didnt do anything than pop error every time. Disk part show that drive 5 which is broken one is online but nothing works. I've tryed couple of things in that app of yours and it replyed with errors 6 and 45 and i got nothing. One thing i didnt try is switching to another cable but since i dont have any other cables to try im boned on that one for now. Im gonna try accessing that drive from windows install program and i might try rebooting into that screen where you set up for windows safe mode (good old times when it was accessed by F8 right after bios) tomorrow but something tells me that wont work either, i guess that 2TB external drive is gone for now.

[@sak0360]

Please nothing worked for me help

[@kaibamanyt3558]

So I dropped my EHD earlier today and didn’t think much of it. It’s wasn’t that bad a fall but it’s showing this error and I’m trying to figure out why it’s not readable. The cord works fine and it’s showing power but it isn’t doing the blinking thing as it’s starting up. It’s just staying on powered on.

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

So I converted the disk and plan to move the os to ssd so I can boot from it and save other data on hdd, I cloned successfully with partition assistant.

[@frostbitefilmsproductions6943]

Not working it says when click proceed it says "I/O device error" . What that means ?

[@AOMEITech]

When you try to initialize a hard drive via Disk Management and receive an error message such as “This request cannot be completed because of an I/O device error” or “The device is not ready”, the usual cause is that there is something wrong with the hard drives connection cable. You should adjust the drive's connection cable and try to initialize it again. Where possible, we recommend connecting the hard drive to another computer to see whether it is able to be detected and initialized.

[@salehali8744]

Thank you my hard drive is working after installation of the program .

[@earlchesterrasco4031]

Thank you so much. This helps a lot.

[@jamisonsmith9059]

appreciate the fix. been fighting this for 2 hours.

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

fixed with this tool, "repair mbr" worked

[@kemem8940]

Repair or rebuild?

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

@@kemem8940 rebuild

[@hazielpax2290]

any data loss?

[@Ak-hudegin]

@@hazielpax2290 did u find a solution?

[@DARKSLIDERSPUBG]

How to fix this problem i don't mind if i lost my data

[@jalillinog5614]

Wow! Problem solve thanks bru saved my day you deserve my subscription thanks...

[@AOMEITech]

Happy for you too.

[@zennify0]

thank you 2nd step works fine for me thanks for all the help

[@sweejus17]

Best helpful content !!! Thank u so much 1000x Like button

[@khadimmbacke37]

Thanks man, this video truly helped me ❤

[@Miraculous_Ladybug_India]

My disk is visible in disk management but not in amoei partion assistant 😭😭

[@AOMEITech]

🤣Have no idea about that either.

[@debbiew8771]

This video itself was great, with crystal clear instructions. I especially liked how you gave the time to start for the individual problems. However, I downloaded your software and it wouldn't do anything when I clicked on surface test. So it was all for naught. Thanks anyway.

[@AOMEITech]

Hi dear, did you mean this function did not work for you or the result showed nothing to you?

[@09shirish]

@@AOMEITech The software want copyright message ! What can we do for this problem ! Thanks for your valuable guidance !

[@mirzaaliulrazib6229]

@@AOMEITech I am try but red mark didnt removed and not worked please help

[@AOMEITech]

@@mirzaaliulrazib6229 What is the status of your drive please?

[@jmo5604]

my 1 tera bit is HDD is " read-only" how to fix that ?? ! and your AOMEI was helpless and he cry 😭 😇

[@Jannerparejagutierrez]

Amigo muchísimas gracias, me salvaste!.. Me funcionó la primera opción sin perder datos.

[@dashamoolam_vassu]

suuui

[@jaffar_sama7075]

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SAVED MY LIFE

[@owlfred749]

it works even it minitool partition, thanks dude

[@parolesparoles]

Method 1 just saved my data. Thank you a million times 🙏

[@Shadow_Company1]

This method caused a data loss to me

[@parolesparoles]

@@Shadow_Company1 I think whatever the method on hard drives, there's always a data lost risk involved be it a little percentage. So sorry for you

[@RabiKatuwal]

Now my disk is online and unallocated. Can i recover the data ?? Please guide me to recover my data

[@studiomeetbhadra961]

Yes

[@AhmedAli-gh8lb]

u can only use recovey software to recover the data do not try anything else otherwise your data will be deleted

[@kennyjohnson4764]

I used the aomei backupper. While cloning it all my os from hdd to the new ssd. Then it happens to be uninitialise and unable to do anything to the ssd. I need help

[@worldwidetechnique8238]

When I tried initializing in diskmgt shows an i/o device error on my external drive (luckily). Will rebuilding mbr get the disk back online with all the data intact though.. if not, whats a good unpaid data recovery software

[@Meanboy.]

How can we fix this

[@MRSSSTART1]

The device is not ready. this is the error

[@samden.photography]

Hi, By any chance will the data be restored after the "Check Bad Sectors" scan is completed? I have a WD 4TB External HD which is being scanned and don't want to loose the data by any chance. Can you help me out?

[@AOMEITech]

Hello there, basically this function can help you check and repair bad sectors but cannot recover the data. If you are looking for a data recovery tool, you are suggested to try this - WinfrGUI. www.winfr.org/

[@harshlpro7190]

I appreciate your work and my hard disk was fixed data is not lost

[@LocomanDC]

aoemi software is amazing dude u a life saver hope everything goes well🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@suzettepansegrouw1395]

I have a data error (cyclic redundancy check) what to do with that? 😢

[@ShepherdAr254]

Hi, My External 4TB Hard drive shows ''unknown'' and ''not initialised'' . It doesn't show anything on the volume. It doesn't show on ''This PC'' . It indicates '''Data error(cyclic redundancy check'' when i try to initialise. Kindly help.

[@AllenCisnerosOfficial]

Hey I was wondering if you were able to find a solution? I’m currently in the same situation and I have lots of important files there :(

[@FarrukhZeeshan444]

i applied every steps which you told us but i got the error "The Request could not be Performned because of an I/o Device Error"

[@ruwankodithuwakku8957]

I tried my portable hard disk, come to Data error (cyclic redundancy check) what can I do that ?? Pls help

[@AOMEITech]

www.diskpart.com/articles/diskpart-has-encountered-an-error-data-error-8523.html

[@itadobe]

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[@techfactswithmk8503]

Woderfull video thanks a lot for your help 2nd step works 100% thank you so much

[@zoltansasdi2756]

It only can be done if you pay for it and i barely can't open it already

[@AOMEITech]

Which feature did you use? What did you mean by "barely can't open it", cuz all the methods in this video are free, with no paid feature mentioned.

[@subharuidas6944]

Thank you for helping tipes

[@thiagovieira5925]

this is NOT a freeware. You will install, then it will show up the windows screen to proceed on acquiring an extremely expensive license to run with it.

[@zzww0]

If you Google it, the second link literally says "download for free" and gives an OPTION to pay for pro.

[@Maher-]

attributes disk clear readonly, I got failed to clear disk, how to fix that? when I tried to convert convert mbr DiskPart has encountered an error: A device which does not exist was specified. See the System Event Log for more information.

[@mdmosharrofhossen6053]

Thanks brother. Your video is very amazing. Sometime, I watch your video and learn some. Your software is very good. I am from Bangladesh.

[@AOMEITech]

Thanks for your support, you are the one we really appreciate.

[@mdmosharrofhossen6053]

💛💛💛

[@afrinetpictures8020]

Please can you write down what you typed during diskpart process... Thanks

[@richie6461]

What if you get message like " The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error"?

[@smokindeadop5834]

when i do to device management and right click on my drive and press initialize disk i press that and it says incorrect function

[@itadobe]

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[@valigsk3250]

Excellent 👍👍👍👍 thank you so much ❤️😌❤️😌😌

[@user-ls9go6hg3l]

In device manager the hard disk shows as UNKNOWN

[@Chatur_bate]

plz help me bro I was Installing window in a new ssd after it is done my Other hdd converted to unallocated, but there is almost 700gb data in it. Now how to do so that i get all data

[@vardan4508]

I have been facing a issue whenever I initiate the process of MBR rebuild it says device not ready... Need help

[@AOMEITech]

The device is not ready error may occur when you attempt to access data from the hard drive. The external storage device is not well connected like the device is loosely connected to the computer, the connector is broken, or the USB port is damaged.

[@nihill4048]

will method 1 work if my external har drive has badsectors and can i access my data after method 1 ?

[@kevinmkraft]

My computer can't read my EHD. But at the same time, it tells me that it is functioning properly.

[@Aarminmusic]

I have the same problem, did you find a sollution?

[@kevinmkraft]

@@Aarminmusic No, I didn't.

[@Aarminmusic]

@@kevinmkraft I found out my one of my SSD drives had exploded inside, i just bought another one.

[@asadbruh2555]

when i convert it to MBR it thru device manager, it says incorrect function

[@itadobe]

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[@NeseComedy]

Sadly the drive does not show in your Software and I can't do anything in diskpart because it thinks it has a size of 0 bytes. The only tool that sees it correctly is testdisk, but there I can't write anything either. The problem was the result of an empty battery during a full format using windows Partition Manager, so I don't need any data back. Is it possible that the hardware got damaged due to the sudden power loss during writing?

[@AOMEITech]

It is possible that your disk is a little damaged due to the sudden power loss during writing, Here my suggestion is to try to fix it by running the CHKDSK command and if it is not working, then try the methods in this article. www.diskpart.com/articles/sandisk-usb-repair-tool-7201.html This article is not only suitable for SanDisk but also for other branded disks.

[@hananeyalmaze6945]

thank u so much it works, I can't believe ❤

[@balsjenza]

the options are greyed out when I click right mouse button

[@GCHverse]

ive try with disk management,but when i choose mbr there is an error said "access is denied" how do i fix it ?

[@jasonrobinson_]

AOMEI doesn't worked, tried click surface test and nothing pops up - also at the end of the video you didn't bother to explain what to do next after getting the data from the surface test?

[@AOMEITech]

The surface test can only tell you if there are any bad sectors on the disk, then use the check partition to fix them but the physical damage cannot be repaired.

[@limhecalao7818]

my drive disk D showing 0.00.kb on using the AOMEI i dont know how to fix it

[@Vizrart]

in diskpart it fails to clear disk attributes for me. it shows its already online, but in disk managment it appears as not initialized and offline?

[@AOMEITech]

You can try to rebuild the MBR of the disk using Partition Assistant in the video to see if this would work.

[@dogrun2886]

i have problem on problem number 2 ,it is not initialized and no space of GB for see? how to fix?

[@AOMEITech]

Is this a new disk or old disk?

[@mjdyprogrammer9640]

my external hard drive is 500 GB and its show 47GB only and Not initialized and un located ?

[@gamechain8232]

I have important data in my external hard disk is it safe to use tool aomei

[@Dilchaspian]

thanks i had recovered my data.

[@MrJSYAP]

Aomei program cannot open once i connect the harddisk i want to convert,how??😢

[@md.mahmudulhasan9141]

I had an hdd with not initialized and 100% free disk space on the disk as shown. But the AOMEI could not perform the rebuild mbr function. If I perform wipe data or create partition on the disk by aomei, it shows error code 202 and can't perform the operation. Do you have any ideas?

[@AOMEITech]

You can directly initialize it in Partition Assistant or Disk Management since its an empty disk.

[@wasifrock687]

In method 2 when i choose one of the option between mbr and gpt it says data error(cyclic redundancy check) Pls help me in this

[@AOMEITech]

Hi dear, check this out: www.diskpart.com/articles/diskpart-has-encountered-an-error-data-error-8523.html

[@itadobe]

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[@KoKo-zj2zn]

There is nothing to do.. My WD hard drive is gone.. Too many damages check with AOMEI PA.. How can i do? I don't want to lose data that is very important for my life.. Would you help me please?

[@AOMEITech]

Hi, the only thing you could do is back up your data, and see if it can be restored on a new disk. You can backup and restore your data with this tool: www.aomeitech.com/llyy/download/aomei-backupper.html

[@ShotaProductions]

doesn't work, no rebuild MBR option for me

[@dude8865]

Hi, I'd done with rebuild with Amoi, but, my hard drive still not initialize.

[@AOMEITech]

The ultimate way is to initialize it directly in disk management, but it will cause data loss. You can try to recover data with this tool. www.aomeitech.com/llyy/download/fonetool.html?__ut=llyy_Dominik_youtube!0LD_jenJENo

[@chandudigialstudio600]

I love you too sir TQ so much I am very very safe in my data

[@TogoTheHuskyDog]

I have applied all of these, but the prob is still same, hard drive also even not showing space

[@AOMEITech]

You can check if there are bad sectors on the disk causing the issue. In Partition Assistant, right-click on the drive that is not showing space, choose Advanced - Check Partition - Check whether... - OK

[@sitamarlina]

is it normal that the restart progress after rebuild mbr took long?

[@md.masudurrahman6208]

Thanks a Lot

[@ssnow4505]

I converted my internal HHD to external HHD using the converter case. Its not accessible but its showing as Unallocated in Disk Management. Can I use the same method shown in the video to access the data on it. *There is very important data on it.*

[@AOMEITech]

If you initialize it, it will cause data loss. But I'm not clear with your disk status, you'd better send your issue to AOMEI support team via email with a screenshot of your disk's status.