External HDD Unallocated 2047.35gb other Sol'n?

Hi and Hello

I have a 500gb HP External HDD then one day 2047.35gb showed up

-I tried disk part
-disk management,
-thumbscrew,
-Power data recovery(partition explorer does not show up),
-PhotoRec(Still None)
D:
-Regedit hoping to disable the write protection when using
Disk management when promted user to initialize disk (disk 1) partition style MBR and GPT.
-I also tried the thread: disk 1 is unknown, not initialized, unallocated

I would like to ask how to bypass write protection and Format it I give up recovering my Files
(There is no On/Off switch in the External)

and advance Thank You

Hi MrVenJhay!

It's really unclear what you'd like help with. You say you have an external hard drive which is 500GB? On the images though the only one similar to this is Disk 0, which is 465,76GB, but it's the Boot drive (with your OS) so it can't be external? Unless the HP External one is Disk 2 which is Removable (H:).

The next question is how many hard drives do you have and which ones are internal and which external?

Next comes what is quite unclear to me: what does your HP external HDD 500GB have to do with the new Unallocated drive and what is your goal?

This Disk 1 which is Unknown is apparently a newly added hard drive with capacity of 2TB. It is Unallocated, meaning it's not Initialized, meaning it hasn't been Partitioned or Formatted yet. I don't think you need any third party software, you should be able to activate the hard drive by going in Disk Management and right clicking on it and selecting Initialize Disk. Then right click on the Unallocated space and select create a New Simple Volume. This way you create a new (one or more) partition(s) on the drive. Then you need to format them in NTFS (as you're using Windows). The Wizard will guide you through the process.

Is this what you needed? If I am mistaken somewhere, please correct me and provide more information to what you need help with!

Cheers! :)

CK_WD

Hey Icit2lol!

When I read OP's post I thought of exactly what apparantly you have though of. Then I saw your answer. I wanted to clarify the overall idea you (and I) had and add something to it.
In my understanding, OP seems a bit confused on what has happened and can't explain it quite well. I decided that it would help better if I explain in more detail and ask the questions further in order to Jhay to be helped the most. I had no intention of shadowing your words, so if it has seemed like that, I apologize. My intention is to only clarify the best and provide maximum troubleshooting and solutions. :)
Now, it is possible that a drive has gone bad, the question is which one (if this is the case), so yes, we just have to wait for an answer and see what the HW Info screenshot would show. :)

Also, @LaybackBear, that is an option too. :)

Cheers!

CK_WD

Hi again, Sorry for making you wait..
1st pic is the HwInfo an the 2nd and 3rd is trying to initialize

I think i can be up for 45min because i have classes but I can still check in the early morning.
and I am very grateful for helping me