How to Fix Disk 1 Unknown Not Initialized in Windows 10 - This article will tell you why disk 1 unknown initialized in Windows 10/8/7 Disk Management and how to fix it in different situations. Find the disk that is not initialized, right click it and select “Initialize Disk”. Select one of the partition styles (MBR or GPT) for the disk and click OK.

• Cannot Initialize Disk Windows 10

Cannot Initialize Disk Windows 10

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Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer. Linksys EA9500 Router. Arris SB8200 Cable Modem. APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL. Yep, I would also like to see the picture.I think that this was moved out of another similar thread and rightly so, since in that case it showed only Unknown and not initialised. The similarity ends there.

Jenny,While in Disk Management, right click on the actual 'Disk 1' box just to the left of where it says '2047.35 GB Unallocated' in the middle pane at the bottom, then click/tap on initialize or online.The drive is unallocated, so that means that there's currently nothing on it.If there was something on the unallocated disk that you wanted to try and recover, then follow the steps that Jumanji to recover the disk.If there's not anything you wanted on it, then you could just create a 'new simple volume' to format and assign a drive letter to the disk. Keyboard Logitech wireless K800Mouse Logitech MX MasterPSU Seasonic Prime Titanium 850WCase Thermaltake Core P3Cooling Corsair Hydro H115iHard Drives 250GB Samsung 960 EVO M.2256GB OCZ Vector6TB WD Black WD6001FZWXInternet Speed 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s UploadAntivirus Malwarebyte Anti-Malware PremiumBrowser Google ChromeOther Info Logitech Z625 speaker system. Creative F200 webcam. Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer. Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer. Linksys EA9500 Router. Arris SB8200 Cable Modem.

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This has the potential to corrupt the partition table in the first sector and as a result Windows will be unable to see the file system. Hence it may say the drive is unallocated or RAW. All your data is still there and can be recovered by restoring the partition table in the first sector of the drive. If you try to initialise, Windows may ask you to format the drive. You will lose all data if you format. So DO NOT INITIALISE. DO NOT FORMAT.Just follow the procedure I had outlined in post#3.

If Partition Recovery is successful, Partition Wizard will rewrite the partition table in the first sector and then you will be able to access all the data as before.You may also see the procedure outlined here under the heading Recovery with Partition Wizard: SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB. Perhaps it will be easier for you to scroll through the screenshots there.( For the time being, do not deviate and do not try to use Test Disk which requires caution in using.)If you have any problems in understanding or using the procedure, stop and do not hesitate to askbefore proceeding. Similar help and support threadsThreadForumWin7 Pro SP1 with Virtual Machine/ XPMode (hibernated) was running during daily Norton Utilities 16 Optimize session set to check registry and clear windows/browsing history. The session advanced to a new component (not previously encountered) that looked like it was doing a quick defrag (moving.VirtualizationHi All,I have WD external hard disk connected via USB and it does not get detected in explorer. Checked few threads here and tried them and no success. I am attaching screen shot from My computer disk management where it shows disk as 'Not initialized' and 'Unallocated'.

I had installed Minitool.Hardware & DevicesHi,I'm new to this forum.My external hard disk (Seagate) is detected in the task bar after connecting, but not visible in 'My Computer'.It is visible in Device manager under Disk Drives but not under USB.There are few threads in this forum which are similar to mine, except that.Hardware & DevicesThis quick new hard disk. So sad I cant access it anymore? Why this happen?You can see from the photo MY computer cant even see this driver anymore, so I check on the- Disk management it said unknown no driver letter too,Not initialized.-Click Initialized it said i/o device errorI.Hardware & DevicesDisk 1 is unknown, not initialized, unallocated, Please helpdisk 1 is unknown, not initialized, unallocated. Plizz helpI already use PhotoRec recovery but 'disk capacity not correctly detected'Disk 1 = seagate 500Gb hddHardware & DevicesOur SitesSite LinksAbout UsFind Us.

Hey everyone, hope to find a solving for my problem here.I had a new laptop with Windows 8.1 pro, then i put my old laptop hard drive (WD 500GB SATA) in external hard drive to pull the data from it.First i opened it on other laptop (with Windows 7 Professional) and i could see the content and delete some data, Put when using the hard on the my laptop with WIN 8.1 it does not read and showed in Disk Management as (Disk 1, Unknown, Not Initialized). I looked for solving but didn't know what to do.I connect it again in the Laptop with WIN 7 but it didn't read!The External Hard Drive Case working good (i tried it with other Hard Drive).The External Hard Drive Case (With my Hard Drive in it) dropped from me once on ground (after seeing the content on WIN 7 Lap), but it was not so hard (like a meter high).The Disk shows on Disk Management as:Disk 1UnknownNot InitializedPlease Help.