Windows 10: disk management - initialize - the device is not ready

Discus and support disk management - initialize - the device is not ready in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi, I was trying to plug in an external HDD to my computer. The file explorer opened but stood frozen for a couple of minutes in "not responding"... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by PiyushNG, Jan 6, 2020.

  1. PiyushNG Win User

    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready


    Hi,

    I was trying to plug in an external HDD to my computer. The file explorer opened but stood frozen for a couple of minutes in "not responding" condition. I then unplugged it. Now It shows in the device manager but doesn't show in file explorer. I tried reinstalling drivers but it doesn't help. I checked the Disk Management utility as described in the post here.

    It shows it as Disk 2 with the red-downwards arrow. When tried to initialize it with GPT partitioning, it says "The device is not ready".


    I don't want to format it.


    Please help me!


    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready cd5406f1-e6d5-4b06-b6ed-09d29d1cce07?upload=true.png

    :)
     
    PiyushNG, Jan 6, 2020
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  2. disk not initialized in Disk Management. Device Not Ready.


    I have a internal 3.5" HDD WD Black 2 TB and try to hook it up in the PC but it doesnt not appear anymore in My Computer. It was working few weeks ago. When opening Disk Management it says the disk is not initialized and it didnt state how many GB available on the hard disk (unallocated). Disk Management tried to initialized the hard disk and it pops out the following errors:
    1. Virtual Disk Manager: Incorrect Function
    and
    2. Virtual Disk Manager: The device is not ready.

    I have also tried using a powered USB cable and also connected in directly to the MoBo via SATA but the problem still persist.

    I also ran disk part and it shows Disk 3 and Disk 4 as both online but both having size of 0 B

    Below is the screen shot of Disk Management. When i right click on the HDD, there are four functions: Initialize Disk, Offline, Properties and Help however the the Initialize Disk function is greyed out.


    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready [​IMG]


    I have Partition Wizard 9.1 and the attached picture below is the screenshot of the main GUI. It shows bad disk on the particular hard disk

    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready [​IMG]


    I tried running Partition Recovery Wizard on the mentioned HDD and it shows a partition of only 512 Bytes but none of my files are visible (no preview)


    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready [​IMG]


    I just need to retrieve the files in the Hard disk as it contains important files and pictures that havent been backed up. Any help and suggestions are welcomed! Thanks
     
    nabilishes, Jan 6, 2020
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  3. nabilishes, Jan 6, 2020
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  4. Sloman Win User

    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready

    disk management - initialize - the device is not ready

    trying to format a 1 TB SATA harddrive. In disk management, "Disk 1" is unknown with a tiny red downward facing arrow. Right click, initialize, I select MBR and I get the message "the device is not ready."

    Now what do I try?
     
    Sloman, Jan 6, 2020
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