I am using Windows 7.How to check hard disk is working or not in bios. The drive shows up as Disk 1 in Data Managment says not initialized and says Unknown. I have been storing photos on the drive for 6 months, then one day it would no longer pop-up. Was anybody able to find a fix for this without losing your files? If so, how did that go? I need to recover the data and repair the drive if possible, is there a solution? It seems a recurring theme

If you try to initialize it or change it to online you get I/O device error. The drivers are all installed and it physically connects and seems to function normally.īut I can’t see the drive on explorer or access the data thru Disc Management. I have a WD my passport external drive, on connecting to USB port, it is recognized under “remove media” and it can be seen on Disc Management pane, but it is listed as Disc 1, Type Unknown and Status Not initialized. I have the same problem, was working yesterday is not today, I would LOVE to get my movies back since, you know, I’m in Afghanistan, but I guess I would settle for an operational HD. I am currently in Afghanistan, so my options are pretty limited, but I do have internet access. Same error on all the laptops I have tried to plug into the past 2 days to fix it. The disk is not initialized, and when I try to initialize it or turn it online, the error message 'the request could not be performed because on an I/O device error.

It shows up in safe removal and disk management. The light blinks on the drive, but the drive does not spin, or at least feel or sound like it does. I have tried your Data Lifeguard tool, and it doesn’t even show there is one single sector to scan. My other hard drive works just fine in the same USB ports, I have tried all ports, I have tried flashing my BIOS, I have tried using programs like HD sentinel, I have tried to update the firmware and drivers (firmware update won’t even start,) I have tried unistalling drivers, rebooting, and let them reinstall as soon I plug it in. I let a friend borrow the drive to watch a movie, and when he returned it, it won’t work on my or his laptop anymore. I purchased the external HD about a month ago, and loaded with my excess files from my 2TB.

Unable to initialize disk