Solved How to Fix external HDD bad disk, unallocated, not initialize

[kharylmae]

Hi. I have a WD 500gb external HDD. I can't access it anymore and I really don't know how to fix it. It won't show in My Computer but I can still see it Disk Management. The files are not important since I have a copy of it, I just really need to fix my external. Any help would be much appreciated. I have Minitool Partition Wizard Home Edition and Easeus Partition Master Free Edition. Actually, the other day, the only problem was that I can't access it but I can still see it in My Computer as F:. It said it needs to be formatted so that's what I did but it won't finish. error something. So, I tried "googling" how to fix it and saw other saying to use Easeus and delete partition. So that's what I did. I did something I don't really remember. But it was like I deleted partition and created another partition. And then I realized that it is no longer visible in My Computer and in disk management, I can't see it in Volume. Oh dear, I just made the condition of my external worse. Please help me. I just want to fix my external.Here are some pics which will elaborate it's status now.











Thanks!

 

[jumanji]

Welcome to SevenForums.

The only thing you can do is to check your Western Digital HDD with Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows.

Download from WD Support / Downloads / SATA & SAS / WD RE2

Read the instructions on that page and run it.

If the tests fail, you can't do anything about it. The HDD is dead and you have to get a new one.

 

[kharylmae]

Thank you Jumanji. Currently running the extended test. I have a feeling this hdd is a goner.