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by logicology
29 May 2012, 21:17
Forum: File recovery
Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
Replies: 4
Views: 9028

Re: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"

Thanks Fiona,

This is a SAS drive. My SAS controller BIOS correctly identifies the make and model of the drive. I can not get Windows to recognize anything about the drive, other than something is plugged in.

If the BIOS can identify it but Windows can not, does that still indicate a problem with ...
by logicology
29 May 2012, 13:06
Forum: File recovery
Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
Replies: 4
Views: 9028

Re: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"

Thank you for the quick reply, Fiona.

Crystalmark does not recognize the disk. I currently have no software running (like anti-virus) that would prevent writing to the MBR. I also can not verify the disk size in the disk manager.

See the attached screenshot.
by logicology
28 May 2012, 18:00
Forum: File recovery
Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
Replies: 4
Views: 9028

Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"

I'm trying to initialize a disk in Windows 7 so I can recover some important files, but I'm getting the "Disk not ready" error.

- The drive is showing up in my Device Manager. (But can't populate volumes)
- It's showing up in the Disk Manager. (But can't initialize it)

Is there anyway around that?