Only 3.86GB of 2TB HDD can be seen on Disk Management.

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  1. Posts : 369
    Windows 7 Pro 32bit
       #1

    Only 3.86GB of 2TB HDD can be seen on Disk Management.


    Hi,

    I would like to ask if i can still see the content of this HDD of mine. It is a 2TB i used for my backups.
    When i open Disk Management it will let me choose if MBR or GPT, if i choose either of the two, it will see Cyclic redundancy Check.

    And it shows only 3.86 GB, it cannot also be initialized.
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  2. Posts : 369
    Windows 7 Pro 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #2

    heres a picture of my Disk Management
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Only 3.86GB of 2TB HDD can be seen on Disk Management.-not-initialized.jpg  
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  3. Posts : 6,292
    Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1
       #3

    Most important missing information: is there data on this disk you need to save?

    If the answer is no, then you can wipe the drive. A quick wipe ( Diskpart > Clean) should be all you need. This just deletes the old partition table and should eliminate the Cyclic error.
    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
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  4. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
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    @ShoTTas, you haven't given any details of your hard drive. Seagate/Western Digital, Internal/external, model number etc.,

    Was the drive dropped by any chance?

    Anyway, I am directing you to this thread in this very forum Disk 1 is unknown, not initialized, unallocated, Please help

    Run PW and see the status of the drive.Does your drive show as Read Only and Bad Disk as in the above thread?

    Next run manufacturer's diagnostic utility. Most probably the drive has quit irrecoverable with bad sectors.

    Anyway carryout the above checks to confirm.
    Last edited by jumanji; 21 Apr 2015 at 19:25.
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  5. whs
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    What does chkdsk say ?
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  6. Posts : 369
    Windows 7 Pro 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Jumanji,

    sir, i guess the link you provided answered my problem, i do have the same issue with the OP.

    sir TVEblen,

    Ill try diskpart. and try to wipe the disk.

    sir WHS,

    i cant see the HDD on computer, also all option on disk management is grayed out when i right click the disk.
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  7. whs
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  8. Posts : 369
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       #8

    i already have done the partition wizard. no luck.
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  9. whs
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    That leaves Linux. Do you have a live Linux CD.
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  10. Posts : 369
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       #10

    i don't have sir,

    i can download one, please give me a link.
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