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How to Solve Disk Unknown Not Initialized Windows 10/8/7
Case 1: Disk Unknown, Not initialized, Unallocated
Firstly open Disk Management and find the uninitialized disk. If this disk shows disk capacity, it means your Windows operating system has recognized this disk, but due to some reasons, the partition is lost or MBR is corrupted. In this case, you can use professional software to fix MBR and recover partition.

Solution 1: Initialize Your Hard Drive
When it comes to hard disk not initialized, the first thing that you may do is to initialize this hard drive. Just right click "My computer" and then select "Manage" option to run Disk Management. Or click "Win + R" keys and input "compmgmt.msc" to run this free partition management tool.

Then find the external hard drive which is connected to the computer, you will see this unknown disk shows "unallocated". If there are no important files saved to this external hard drive, you can initialize disk without losing data to MBR or GPT to directly solve this problem in Windows 10.

imgbg33.png Tip: Disk initialization can clear all data off and cause hard drive data loss. Usually, you have stored a large amount of data on the external hard drive, it is not suggested to perform such an initialization operation. Otherwise, all data is lost.

Therefore, in order to avoid data loss and avoid getting an error warning, so this solution is not the best one.

Solution 2: Rebuild MBR
As you know, MBR is the abbreviation of Master Boot Record which is a special type of boot sector at the beginning of the hard drive. Nevertheless, MBR is possible to be corrupted due do many reasons, such as malware infection, accidental power failure, and mistaken operation.

If MBR gets corrupted, the operating system is not likely to know where to go to access the data. When meeting this case, "disk 1 unknown not initialized external hard drive" issue is possible to occur. Therefore, you need to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to your disk to solve this issue.

How to fix MBR in Windows 10?

In the partition and disk management software market, there is one tool which is called MiniTool Partition Wizard that is highly popular with many users. It is believed that you also know it.

This partition and disk manager is designed to do partition and disk management in different operating systems, including Windows Vista/XP/7/8/8.1/10, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016.

It has six different editions, such as Free, Professional, Pro Ultimate, Server Edition, Enterprise, and Technician Edition, and each edition has different functions. Please click to know the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

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How to Solve Disk Unknown Not Initialized Windows 10/8/7
Case 1: Disk Unknown, Not initialized, Unallocated

Firstly open Disk Management and find the uninitialized disk. If this disk shows disk capacity, it means your Windows operating system has recognized this disk, but due to some reasons, the partition is lost or MBR is corrupted. In this case, you can use professional software to fix MBR and recover partition.

Solution 1: Initialize Your Hard Drive
When it comes to hard disk not initialized, the first thing that you may do is to initialize this hard drive. Just right click "My computer" and then select "Manage" option to run Disk Management. Or click "Win + R" keys and input "compmgmt.msc" to run this free partition management tool.

Then find the external hard drive which is connected to the computer, you will see this unknown disk shows "unallocated". If there are no important files saved to this external hard drive, you can initialize disk without losing data to MBR or GPT to directly solve this problem in Windows 10.

imgbg33.png Tip: Disk initialization can clear all data off and cause hard drive data loss. Usually, you have stored a large amount of data on the external hard drive, it is not suggested to perform such an initialization operation. Otherwise, all data is lost.

Therefore, in order to avoid data loss and avoid getting an error warning, so this solution is not the best one.

Solution 2: Rebuild MBR
As you know, MBR is the abbreviation of Master Boot Record which is a special type of boot sector at the beginning of the hard drive. Nevertheless, MBR is possible to be corrupted due do many reasons, such as malware infection, accidental power failure, and mistaken operation.

If MBR gets corrupted, the operating system is not likely to know where to go to access the data. When meeting this case, "disk 1 unknown not initialized external hard drive" issue is possible to occur. Therefore, you need to You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. to your disk to solve this issue.

How to fix MBR in Windows 10?

In the partition and disk management software market, there is one tool which is called MiniTool Partition Wizard that is highly popular with many users. It is believed that you also know it.

This partition and disk manager is designed to do partition and disk management in different operating systems, including Windows Vista/XP/7/8/8.1/10, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016.

It has six different editions, such as Free, Professional, prô Ultimate, Server Edition, Enterprise, and Technician Edition, and each edition has different functions. Please click to know the You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now..

source: (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.)
0 bytes na sir yung disk
 

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pag di makuha sa format or repartition sign na ng failure paps, try mo gamitan ng hdd tune pro kung kaya pa madetect at kung gaano kagrabe yung bad sector, check mo din kung may phsyical damage na din kung umitim at may nasunog, kung pwede pa mapartition via minitool gawin mo nalang na external drive kung usable pa at palitan nalang ng bago
 
pag di makuha sa format or repartition sign na ng failure paps, try mo gamitan ng hdd tune prô kung kaya pa madetect at kung gaano kagrabe yung bad sector, check mo din kung may phsyical damage na din kung umitim at may nasunog, kung pwede pa mapartition via minitool gawin mo nalang na external drive kung usable pa at palitan nalang ng bago
may importante kasi files sir .mga photos hindi sya nalabas sir sa my computer sir.pero subukan ko parin sir salamat sir.sa minitool di rin kasi po nalabas sir.
 
You may also try to "wipe" your hard disk drive using bootable systems like windows live boot 2012 software. It usually fix this kind of issue, I've been using this software to repair hard disk drive bad clusters and sectors.
 
Mga sir papano kapag nadelete lahat ng Partition ? May pag asa paba yun? Nadelte ko kasi lahat ng parition e kahit irefresh ko wala na lumalabas Diko tuloy ma install yung OS sana may nakakaalam papano ayusin maraming salamat.
 
Mga sir papano kapag nadelete lahat ng Partition ? May pag asa paba yun? Nadelte ko kasi lahat ng parition e kahit irefresh ko wala na lumalabas Diko tuloy ma install yung OS sana may nakakaalam papano ayusin maraming salamat.


Yes may pag-asa pa yan, try mo mga partition recovery softwares. Windows Live Boot 2012, tried and tested nung freelancer pa ako.
 
You may also try to "wipe" your hard disk drive using bootable systems like windows live boot 2012 software. It usually fix this kind of issue, I've been using this software to repair hard disk drive bad clusters and sectors.
hindi na nga sir nalabas yung hdd
 
Mga sir papano kapag nadelete lahat ng Partition ? May pag asa paba yun? Nadelte ko kasi lahat ng parition e kahit irefresh ko wala na lumalabas Diko tuloy ma install yung OS sana may nakakaalam papano ayusin maraming salamat.
di rin ba paps madetect hard disk mo 0 bytes na din ba
 
ganun din saken usb lang ndedetect
Ok na sakin tol same problem lang siguro Try mo ginwa ko
ipalit mo yung isang sata port na nakasaksak dun sa hdd dlawa kasi yan yung malapad na nakasaksak sa hdd may backup pa yun try mo yung isa naman yung isaksak kasi hindi nadedetect yung hdd nun un ung problema try mo yan tol sureball yan. tapos BIOS tignan mo sa IDE kung andun na yung HARD DISK ok nayan.
 
Ok na sakin tol same problem lang siguro Try mo ginwa ko
ipalit mo yung isang sata port na nakasaksak dun sa hdd dlawa kasi yan yung malapad na nakasaksak sa hdd may backup pa yun try mo yung isa naman yung isaksak kasi hindi nadedetect yung hdd nun un ung problema try mo yan tol sureball yan. tapos BIOS tignan mo sa IDE kung andun na yung HARD DISK ok nayan.
Alin dun paps 8th gen mobo gamit ko paps
 
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