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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 17:14 in Storage Share Chattermouth 28 external hard drive device not ready May 2009 14:49:26 Hi. So I bought a new HDD, a Samsung HD753LJ. When swapping
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it with my old one, the computer didn't work. When adding my old HDD, the old one worked and the new one
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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 via USB. I saw drivers install, and I think I saw external HDD
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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 recovery software that can find a HDD without a drive letter? More about : unable initialize hdd Best solution wd provides data lifeguard 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 preparing the disk for first use in Windows is in there. Some of the packages are restricted to operations only on drives from that maker; others may work on any drive. Many (in these utility packages or others) also provid
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have a NTFS formatted hard drive whose partition table suddenly went AWOL. I removed the drive from the PC, attached it to a SATA-to-USB adapter and connected the drive to another PC. My intention was to use a http://thenubbyadmin.com/2013/04/01/solving-the-device-is-not-ready-when-initializing-a-hard-drive-in-windows/ recovery tool to either rebuild the partition table or recover all the files and transfer them to another PC. The problem is that when I attached the drive to another Windows machine, Windows did not recognize it and wanted http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/232333-device-not-ready-to-be-initialized/ to initialize it. Then, when attempting to initialize the drive (all initialization does is write a few bytes worth of a signature to the MBR) I received the error "Virtual Disk Manager: The device is not ready." My Solution I hard drive know you're not going to like how simple this is, but try it anyway. Move your disk to another controller of some kind. In my case the disk was being used on a SATA-to-USB adapter. Once I switched it to a direct SATA interface, the drive was able to work. I had to use the internal SATA ports on a separate computer. While it was connected via USB I even attempted to inspect the disk with Western Digital drive tools external hard drive as well as diskpart, but it was simply not visible beyond being seen as some kind of USB attached storage device that could not be initialized. There are other reasons for this error to be seen, but one of the simpler fixes is to try the drive on a different interface of some kind. Like it? Share it!EmailTweetMoreShare on TumblrLike this:Like Loading... Windows Previous PostCan I tail Multiple Logs Simultaneously on a Linux Machine?Next Post Solving NFS Mounts at Boot Time About WesleyDavid I am a system administrator working across Linux and Windows servers on wired and wireless networks. A jack of all trades and aspiring master of some. I work for MongoHQ as a support engineer, but the opinions and views expressed here are purely my own and do not reflect my employer's. 2 Comments John M April 11, 2013 at 10:04 am I have seen this also. I usually just un plug, and re plug the drive and it works.
Reply xxsven May 11, 2015 at 4:34 am I had this problem too, and I fixed it using an external power supply. I guess the motherboard was dead. Reply Leave a Reply Cancel reply Follow TheNubbyAdmin! Raw RSS Feed: Contact Me! Want to hire me as a consultant? Have a job you think I might be interested in? Drop me a line: Contact Me! Subscribe via Email Your email address iwhere thousands of volunteer geeks quickly serve friendly answers and support. Check out the forums and get free advice from the experts. Register now to gain access to all of our features, it's FREE and only takes one minute. Once registered and logged in, you will be able to create topics, post replies to existing threads, give reputation to your fellow members, get your own private messenger, post status updates, manage your profile and so much more. Create Account How it Works Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Several functions may not work. Please re-enable javascript to access full functionality. Device "Not ready to be initialized" Started by Alex_McIntosh , Mar 15 2009 12:33 PM Please log in to reply #1 Alex_McIntosh Posted 15 March 2009 - 12:33 PM Alex_McIntosh Member Member 277 posts I have a Freecom External 500GB HDD which worked perfectly fine, it runs from a plug and plugs into my USB socket, i have had it now for about 5 months, it has worked perfect, nothing wrong.THEN i tried moving over a 10GB folder to free space on my laptop (Acer Aspire 5715Z) and in order to do that i had to "Format" or "Partition" not sure, but i changed the filetype using the Command line, found this on a tutorial online.Couple of days later and i cant get it to work, it just isnt recognized and if i go on disk managment and right click the drive and try to initialize it it tells me "The device is not ready"What has happend? The data on here is extremly important, can someone please help me?Additional NotesTried on Mum laptop (Toshiba), same problem.Tried 3 USB sockets on mine, all dont work. 0 Advertisements #2 isimaster Posted 15 March 2009 - 01:30 PM isimaster Member Member 225 posts in order to do that i had to "Format" or "Partition" not sureThis is important to know!!changed the filetype using the Command line, found this on a tutorial online supply the link to this. 0 #3 Alex_McIntosh Posted 15 March 2009 - 04:34 PM Alex_McIntosh Member Topic Starter Member 277 posts I went on the command line and it changed it from FAT or FAT32 to NFTS Cant find the site sorry, and it wasn't a partition 0 #4 isimaster Posted 15 March 2009 - 05:29 PM isimaster Member Memb