Fix wd hddexternal hdd not initialized, unknown with io error. It is essential that i salvage everything from my internal hd. I couldnt format it using any mainstream tool to include the western digital tools. Hi there, do you know how to fix the problem that wd hard drive cannot be detected on my pc.
I sat on the phone for about an hour with the a western digital support tech he was. Cdrom 2 668 mb on line wd smartware x 668 mb udf healthy primary position. Hi there i am having issues with my external hard drive wd my book. My book western digital speichern western digital store. On the found new hardware wd ses device wizard screen, click dont search online. Dont worry if your wd hdd or external hard drive displays not initialized, unknown in pc. I went to best buy where the genius there initialized my hard drive. I have tried testdisk by cgsecurity and it did not have the drive listed. My book not initialize external drives for pc wd community. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Testdisk does not list mybook in the drives list nor does chkdsk command. I bought a western digital my book essential edition 1tb external hard drive in july 09.
Western digital my book problem question and answer dti data. Products like wd my book, my passport and elements are favored by a lot of people. How to fix wd hddexternal hdd no t initialized error. What should we do if disk unknown not initialized windows 10. If your external hard drive not initialized in disk management and showing up in file explorer, you can use these 6 methods to fix it.
I am having great difficulty in reformatting my my book 1110 from udf to ntfs. I decided to put the commands onscreen in the video, helps me not forget to put them in at all. Wd my book not initialized unallocated windows 7 help forums. Hello, so we recently moved our my book to another computer and it did not show up in my computer so checking in disk management it is showing as not initialized and when i try to initialize it as either a mbr or g something it would not. It says you may safely remove hardware in the task bar. I just bought and installed a wd 1110 on my desktop. Wd my book wont initialize external drives for pc wd. Connect the hdd to the my book essential usb interface card and it will no. Thank you for helping us maintain cnet s great community. Wd 1tb external hard drive becomes not initialized in pc, help. This article will provide you quick fix and other two. Popular as wd hard drives are, they disappoint users.
Wd my book external hard drive stoped working posted in external hardware. If disk 1 is unknown not initialized unallocated, what can you do. My cd rom drives quit working right before i got this. Wd my book 1110 external drives for pc wd community. Fixing disk unknown not initialized failed drive youtube. It is powering up but not recognized by pc or laptopl. Sometimes laptops cant provide sufficient power to run full size desktop drives. I cannot remember if i have used it before on a mac or not. Wd my book not recognized at start up july 2007 cnet. View and download western digital my book user manual online.
List of all wd firmware and software available for download. At the install the disc that came with your wd ses device prompt, click i dont have the disc. Wd firmware update after usb disk firmware upgraded, your disk will be ready to. Media is write protected on initialize after drive swap.
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