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  1. can't initialized external harddisk The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error


    Hello i have a problem with my external harddisk WD My Passport 25E2 USB. long time ago my laptop can detect this external hardisk. but for some reason i miss click on something or i change something that i cant remember, this mistake make me can't initialized my external harddisk anymore. I already tried my harddisk on another PC and devices and my harddisk is working fine on another PC. but on my laptop it can not initialized this harddisk even when i use MBR and GPT partition style.I already tried to reinstall the external harddisk driver, tried to update, and still not working. i tried to

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    Nabil Nabighah, Nov 14, 2021
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  2. dalchina Win User

    The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error - External HD

    Some decent advice here:
    Quick fix for “the request failed due to fatal device hardware error”

    https://appuals.com/fix-the-request-failed-due-to-a-fatal-device-hardware-error/

    - shows that exact error message

    - check the status if the drive as suggested there and with any tool such as Crystal Diskinfo and Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) is especially good.

    Were you moving (dangerous to an external drive as things can..er.. go wrong..) or copying the data?

    e.g. (plenty of results)
    6 Ways to Fix Disk Unknown Not Initialized in Windows 10/8/7 - EaseUS
    Unknown Not Initialized - Can’t initialize disk in Windows 10

    I hope you have a full backup for your laptop - so here's another plug for routine and regular disk imaging (e.g. Macrium Reflect - free- paid) plus large enough external storage for image files.

    If so, recovery should be painless even if you were moving the data. (Have you checked the source data to see if you actually lost any?)


    The forum prompted you for your full build number so we don't have to keep asking.
     
    dalchina, Nov 14, 2021
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  3. The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error - External HD

    Hi,

    So I did some research and still I cannot fix this problem.

    Early this morning I was transferring my files from my laptop to my external because my laptop is getting full already and accidentally plugged out the external while transferring files. Now my external hard drive will not show up on my computer whenever I try to plug in.

    So here how it looks like on the disk management, whenever I try to initialize it says:
    the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error


    can't initialized external harddisk The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error [​IMG]


    I'm also trying to recover files with EaseUS, the problem is the external cannot be detected on the pc itself, it only says disk 2.


    Thanks in advance to anyone who could help me out.

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    can't initialized external harddisk The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error [​IMG]
     
    ivntiamzon, Nov 14, 2021
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  4. can't initialized external harddisk The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

    Error 0x800701E3: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

    Whenever i am trying to copy my files or trying to create something new in my external drive it shows me this error code how could i get rid of this can anyone help me out??((Error 0x800701E3: The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error))
     
    OmPrakashYD, Nov 14, 2021
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