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Gaming Smartphones Tablets Windows 8 PSUs Android Your question Get the answer Tom's Hardware>Forum>Storage>Unable to Initialize HDD> Solved Unable to Initialize HDD Tags: Hard Drives External Hard Drive Storage Last response: 15 August 2013 how to fix an i o device error on a wd external hard drive 17:14 in Storage Share Chattermouth 28 May 2009 14:49:26 Hi. So I bought
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a new HDD, a Samsung HD753LJ. When swapping it with my old one, the computer didn't work. When adding my cannot initialize disk device not ready old HDD, the old one worked and the new one could not be found. Some time later I've gotten my hands on a HDD Dock where I can connect regular HDD's to the PC http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/initializing-hard-drive-error-an-io-device-error/2ad0a103-17d4-4e57-9e5e-f95470b4ae33 via USB. I saw drivers install, and I think I saw external HDD there. I guess the dock makes it an external HDD. Anyways, now I can see the HDD in Disk Management, but it is "Not Initialized". When I attempt to initialize it, an error message states "The device is not ready". Does anyone have any ideas how I proceed from here? Anyone know any HDD http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/250083-32-unable-initialize recovery software that can find a HDD without a drive letter? More about : unable initialize hdd Best solution dallasjoh 29 May 2009 01:20:38 RMA time!! I had the same problem with a WDC HDD and tried everything to get it to initialize but no luck. Send it back for a replacement. Share Paperdoc a c 464 G Storage 29 May 2009 01:35:44 ANY blank new hard drive needs a two-step process to prepare it for use by Windows. I can be done in Windows' Disk Manager. They are Partitioning (create a defined space on the drive to be used) and Formatting (create the root directory and sector allocation tracking structures). Read up on these. Many (including me) have posted detailed instructions here before. Even easier, most HDD makers provide free software utilities for exactly these purposes, because they know every purchaser will need to carry out these operations. If you did not get a CD of tools with the drive, go to the maker's website and look around the Downloads section for them. Seagate provides Disk Wizard, WD provides Data Lifeguard, and I don't know what Samsung has. These usually are multiple tools in one package, but prepar
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