Unllocated Hardisk disk 1 unknown not initialized data error cyclic redundancy check

[Alihioo]

Hello everyone,

I have an external 1 TB hard disk not used for a long time
i tried to use but says " Unllocated Hardisk disk 1 unknown not initialized"
and when i try to initialize it, says " data error cyclic redundancy check "

do you guys know what is wrong with my hard disk

[Bastet]

I’m suspecting a failed drive.
Are there any files on the drive which require saving? If not then you can try cleaning the drive in diskpart.
Open powershell/terminal with admin & enter:
diskpart
list disk
select disk X (where X is the number of the problem drive)
clean
exit
exit

Then open disk management & initialise the drive & format it.
If at any time this fails then the drive is a dud.

[phillpower2]

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