My Book not initialize

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#1

Hello,

So we recently moved our my book to another computer and it did not show up in my computer so checking in disk management it is showing as not initialized and when I try to initialize it as either a MBR or g something it would not. I have tried TestDisk by CGSecurity and it did not have the drive listed. Any help would be appreciated.

#2

When a drive shows not initialized it could mean the drive was not formatted to work with the SO for the current computer.

Initializing the drive will get the unit to work but data will be erased during format.

If you still want to initialize, please see the steps bellow:

How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary hard drive or Solid State drive in Windows (8, 7, Vista, XP)

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1018