Question Is My Hard Drive Dead??? Unknown Device, Not Initialized...

[SkyNetRising]

In the Disk Management utility in Windows, it says that the drive must be initialized. (It says, Disk 1 Unknown)

It's dead. Doesn't even show capacity.

 

[My PC Hates Me]

The second screen shot only tells you that the driver is reporting that it is functional. It cannot tell you anything about the hardware itself.

Thank you for the reply.

So does that mean that it is (physically) working but the partition tables are corrupted?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Thank you for the reply.

So does that mean that it is (physically) working but the partition tables are corrupted?

No. That specific report can only tell you that the driver (software only) is reporting that it is functioning normally and has received what it is looking for from the hardware (normally just a "I'm powered up" signal). Nothing beyond that can be deduced from there.

 

[My PC Hates Me]

No. That specific report can only tell you that the driver (software only) is reporting that it is functioning normally and has received what it is looking for from the hardware (normally just a "I'm powered up" signal). Nothing beyond that can be deduced from there.

OK, thank you.

Would you agree with @SkyNetRising assertion that the drive is dead (based on the unreported capacity in Disk Management)?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

OK, thank you.

Would you agree with @SkyNetRising assertion that the drive is dead (based on the unreported capacity in Disk Management)?

Absolutely. That drive is dead. Replace it and move on.