[DISK NOT INITIALIZED FIX] How to Fix “Disk 1 Unknown, Not Initialized” - 5 Ways | 2024

"Disk Unknown Not Initialized" issue usually occurs unexpectedly in Windows 11/10/8/7. Your drive not detected and the external hard drive may show "unallocated space" or nothing about the disk capacity in Disk Management. Moreover, you are not able to open and access the data on this drive. In this video, we’ll show you 5 ways to fix disk unknown not initialized in Windows 10/8/7. Importantly, you’ll learn how to access and recover data from external hard drive not initialized.

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📌Timestamps
00:00 Video Intro
00:21 Solution 1: Restart your PC
00:46 Solution 2: Check Disk Connection
01:08 Solution 3: Recover Data and Initialize the Hard Drive
02:33 Solution 4: Update device drivers
03:04 Solution 5: Run CHKDSK to Repair Disk

📌3 Steps to recover data from external hard drive not initialized with Tenorshare 4DDiG.
Step 1: Download and install Tenorshare 4DDiG in your Windows/Mac.
Step 2: Connect the external hard drive to the computer and select it to scan with 4DDiG
Step 3: After a while, the data from external hard drive will be scanned out which enables you to preview and select to recover them.

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[josephuzoma]

Also...what i our drive doesn't have a letter assigned to it.

[angelaandradeus]

Does nothing don't bother says the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error when trying to initialized. I believe Microsoft updates did something to deliberately wipe everything and do something.

[abdullahsaid]

Thanks, the scne one solved my problem

[dogrun]

i still not see my external HDD space of memory?

[AmrHazem_EG]

Thanks restarting laptop fixed this issue.

[rushisolanki]

Thanks man it's work properly now 😃

[catalinpintilie]

the problem appear after an windows update, ''cos i check the HDD on another laptop which doesn't have the windows update and HDD works normal
so, ive uninstall the last update and also the wd security (for my book). Ive reinstalled the WD Security, and it works now.

[hunterjoy]

Aomei works but this will not work for me sad

[monstersofmetal._.]

I downloaded a bad torrent to my external drive(easystore wd passport 1tb). Now it says not initialized, unknown, and 0kb. I've tried literally everything. Any ideas? None of these steps helped.

[kozmikchris]

Tried all and it's still not working... Used cmd to repair and it said "cannot open volume for direct access" what do I do please?

[Vicky-zduv]

It stuck while recovering and give me nothing. Then I tried Aomei it's better for me.

[Goku_ssj]

Clickbait, waste of money. Dont download or pay for it. Even after recovery it shows you the file size but you cant open it or see. So dumb. Literal waste of money.