you must initialize a disk before logical disk manager can access it

tinghai899220 · 发表于 2014-12-9 14:22:27

Hi Expert,

I have a hard disk problem, need you help.

Drive shows up in Disk Management, but not in Computer， unknown, not initialized, no Disk capacity information， when I open disk management，it reminds me “you must initialize a disk before logical disk manager can access it"

Problem description:

When I copy some data from my External USB hard disk, for some reason the hard disk was not responded, so I shut down my computer . But when I restart my computer, the hard disk can not appear.

1.the hard disk dirve was not list in my computer.

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2.But the driver is correct and working properly.

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Mark: when the disk run correctly, the other devices donnot impact my external USB hard disk use.

3.In disk management,

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So I want to know, if I initialize disk, the data in my hard disk whether exists? because I have important Data in it, so what can I do?
If I initialize it, whether I can restore data?

Looking forward to your help.

Thanks&Regards,
Harry Xie（谢海兵）
Electrical Engineer
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