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 ...
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- 29 May 2012, 21:17
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
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- 29 May 2012, 13:06
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
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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.
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.
- 28 May 2012, 18:00
- Forum: File recovery
- Topic: Initializing in Win7 "Disk not ready"
- Replies: 4
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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?
- 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?