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Unable to initialize external HDD in Disk Management due to I/O error
Hi all, I am hoping someone would be able to help me out on this problem. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Problem:
Windows detects my external HDD but doesn't show up in My Computer. Drive is detected in Disk Management, indicated as "not initialized". When I try to initialize the drive, it gives me the following error,
"The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error"
What I've tried doing:
- Do a clean instll of windows - Don't work
- Uninstall external HDD driver, turned off power, turn it back on again, reinstalled driver - don't work
- Tested the same external HDD on another Windows 7 system - No problems, detected and able to access
- Tried plugging on different ports - Don't work
After hours of searching through the web and reading forums, I realized that this is quite a commonly faced issue. Thank you.