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WD My Book wont initialize

power went out today. came back on, turned computer on and noticed HD was making strange noises as it booted up. wasnt recognised in my computer. went to disk manager, it says its not initialized, so when i try to intialize (GPT is selected) i get the message “the specified disk is not convertible because the size is less than the minimum size required for GPT disks”.

someone please tell me theyve encountered this and they repaired or recovered all their data?

thanks

Hello, 

See if the following link helps.

http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/51311-unable-initialize-disk-disk-management.html

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