Question WD HDD Not initialising

[Blooming]

Hello,
I have been having problems with my WD6400AAKS HDD. It is not showing up as an openable HDD anymore. It used to work fine but I knocked the computer the other day and since then no luck.
I tried looking at device manager and there it shows up under Disk Drives as 'Unknown Device'. On properties it says 'the device is working properly'. In the events yesterday it says device not migrated. However today, after trying the 'sfc /scannow' option it says 'device migrated' but still won't show up as driver G like it used to be.
When I got on device Computer Manager, under Storage - Disk Management, it tells me I need to initialise it either as MBR or GPT, it said the same yesterday before the 'sfc /scannow' thing..but when I click on either on the options, it says 'incorrect function'.

The HDD is attached internally at the desktop pc and I already tried changing cables with another HDD that works, nothing changes.

Any advice on how I could fix it, or at least recover items? I tried installing the WD tools and it finds it as a 0 GB HDD.

For reference, this is the error log I was getting yesterday when the 'device wasn't migrated':

Device SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_\4&e937c7&0&020000 was not migrated due to partial or ambiguous match.

Last Device Instance Id: USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Kingston&Prod_DataTraveler_2.0&Rev_1.00\20CF302E23AAFD515B04325A&0 Class Guid: {4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Location Path: Migration Rank: 0xF000FC00FFFFF130 Present: false Status: 0xC0000719

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event"> - <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP" Guid="{9c205a39-1250-487d-abd7-e831c6290539}" /> <EventID>410</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>4</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x4000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2023-04-21T15:38:17.425441000Z" /> <EventRecordID>683</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" /> <Channel>Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-PnP/Configuration</Channel> <Computer>DESKTOP-L8650T4</Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> </System> - <EventData> <Data Name="DeviceInstanceId">SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_\4&e937c7&0&020000</Data> <Data Name="DriverName">disk.inf</Data> <Data Name="ClassGuid">{4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}</Data> <Data Name="ServiceName">disk</Data> <Data Name="LowerFilters" /> <Data Name="UpperFilters" /> <Data Name="Problem">0x0</Data> <Data Name="Status">0x0</Data> </EventData> </Event>

Thank you in advance.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Please show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Sounds like your drive is dead.

 

[Blooming]

Please show screenshot from Disk Management.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

Sounds like your drive is dead.

Thank you so much for the quick response. I uploaded the 2 screenshots here


Is there anything I can do to fix it or recover data?

 

[Blooming]

Also, when the computer goes on if I touch it I can definitely feel it going on and vibrating then it stops.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Thank you so much for the quick response. I uploaded the 2 screenshots here
Is there anything I can do to fix it or recover data?

It's dead. Not user recoverable.
Professional data recovery services might be able to help.
It's rather expensive service though.

 

[Blooming]

It's dead. Not user recoverable.
Professional data recovery services might be able to help.
It's rather expensive service though.

Thank you, that is a shame

 

[Johnharper]

Initialize the WD HDD or External Hard Drive. The very first thing you need to do is initialize your hard drive or external devices. It is the quickest and easiest way to fix disk 1 unknown, not initialized error. You can use Disk Management to initialize the disk or use a tool.

 

[DSzymborski]

Thank you, that is a shame

Unfortunately, the only dependable, inexpensive way to protect data is to have a backup plan, which is a basic part of responsible PC ownership. Just like ignoring replacing the filter in your furnace or the oil in your car, skipping over simple, inexpensive upkeep can lead to a far more expensive result.

 

[fzabkar]

Initialize the WD HDD or External Hard Drive. The very first thing you need to do is initialize your hard drive or external devices. It is the quickest and easiest way to fix disk 1 unknown, not initialized error. You can use Disk Management to initialize the disk or use a tool.

This is very bad advice. Initialisation is data destructive. DON'T DO IT! Any competent data recovery tool will be able to recover from a logical problem without resorting to writing to the source drive. Moreover, if the drive is physically failing, as the OP's drive appears to be, then there is even more reason to be careful.

 

[USAFRet]

Initialize the WD HDD or External Hard Drive. The very first thing you need to do is initialize your hard drive or external devices. It is the quickest and easiest way to fix disk 1 unknown, not initialized error. You can use Disk Management to initialize the disk or use a tool.

1. If a user is trying to retrieve data from a failing drive, this is the worst "first thing" to do.
2. Per the title of the question, Initialization is where it is failing to begin with.


All irrelevant, because it looks like it is dead.