Windows 10: my hard disk is uninitialized and whenever i try to initialize it, popup shows up "the...

my hard disk is uninitialized and whenever i try to initialize it, popup shows up "the request could not be done because an i/o device error occured"Please Tell Me What Is Happened And What Can I Do?

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Hard Disk not initialized - formatting impossible

I ran into a problem with my Hard Disk drive. It is not showing up on my PC. And in the disk management, it says "Uninitialized". Attempts to initialize the disk have yielded "Data error: Cyclic redundancy check". I have tried scan disk and checkdisk. The format option is not working. I have also taken it to the dealer but they also ran into the Data error problem and said that they were unable to help. So, if there's any other methods to return the disk to normal function (including formatting) I would like to know.

 

unintialized western digital hard disk drive

My western digital hard disk drive was functioning quite well on my system but suddenly it stopped coming up in autoplay or file explorer and in the disk management it is listed as "uninitialized". Please what do I do?

 

Hard disk partition not showing up.

Hi Muhammad,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



This can happen if the Hard-disk drivers are not up-to date. I would suggest you to update the hard disk drivers first. To update the drivers, please follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Open Device manager.
   
2. Then Expand “Disk drives”.
   
3. Then Right click on the Hard-disk listed under this category.
   
4. Then click on Update drivers.
   
5. Alternatively you can also try to update the drivers from manufacturer’s website.
   

Once the hard-disk drivers are updated, you will need to allocate the last partition (it is not allocated according to the screenshot) and you will be able to view the partition.



Also note that sometimes the hard disk partitions/drives might be hidden in This PC or My Computer window due to a Registry key. If a DWORD with the name NoViewOnDrive or NoDrives is present under following key in Registry Editor:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies\Explorer

Delete the DWORD and your drives will become visible in My Computer window.



Hope this helps.