Windows 10: How to recover SSD that can't be initialized with disk management?

Discus and support How to recover SSD that can't be initialized with disk management? in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I have installed some OS in this SSD last night and when I changed the SATA cable to arrange their position this morning the SSD won't boot. When I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Jhunsen Samonte, Jan 31, 2023.

  1. How to recover SSD that can't be initialized with disk management?


    I have installed some OS in this SSD last night and when I changed the SATA cable to arrange their position this morning the SSD won't boot. When I checked the SSD, this happen please refer to the picture. The cables and the bus may not be the issue here I suppose since I test another drive and it work. Is there some way to recover this?Thanks for your reply.

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    Jhunsen Samonte, Jan 31, 2023
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  2. SSD not initialized and unable to initialize

    There could be several reasons due to which ‘Disk Unknown Not Initialized’ error message may occur, which are mentioned as following:
    Corrupt/ Incompatible/Outdated Driver, MBR Corruption, Missing or lost partition, Bad Sectors in hard drive, Corrupt File System etc. To solve this problem we apply some fundamental manual steps like: update the device driver,
    Rebuild the MBR boot, initialized disk, assign a drive letter, Run CHKDSK command and Run diskpart utility.

    To initialized the disk go to Disk management > and locate the drive that not initialized > the drive will show unallocated. > select unallocated disk > Right click on it > click initialized disk > select
    between GPT > Click OK.

    Once the process is done, you will redirected to main windows and check you can access it or not.
     
    SandraMcgray, Jan 31, 2023
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  3. Jay Jap Win User
    SSD not being shown in disk management

    Hello,

    We need to do further investigation on your concern so that we can identify the cause of the issue:

    • Have you tried connecting it to a different USB port?
    • Have you checked if the SSD is visible in Device Manager? Follow these steps to verify if it is visible in Device Manager:
      • Right-click on Start and click-on Device Manager.
      • Click-on the Disk drive and check if it is there.
      • If it is visible, try to check if you can update its driver.
    Let us know how it goes.

    Regards.
     
    Jay Jap, Jan 31, 2023
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  4. neuf512 Win User

    How to recover SSD that can't be initialized with disk management?

    Initialization in Disk Management will not work

    I added an SSD to my computer and installed 21H1on it. I attempted to initialize the internal SATA HDD to be able to use it as general storage, but the process is not working as depicted. Right clicking on the vacated disk (Online) in Disk Management does not bring up "Initialize" as an option. The only option is "Convert to Dynamic Disk"

    What should I do?
     
    neuf512, Jan 31, 2023
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