Windows 10: Unable to Initialize Disk – Fatal Hardware Error

Just to have said it, english is not my native language, so there can be some spelling / grammer mistakes.I have an issue where i bought a USB drive host for an M2 SSD from amazon. For all i know the device is working because i can see it if i put an other drive in the same device i can see it instantly.The device that i bought is: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B0BQ6SHNP1The drive I have in it with the problem: https://www.amazon.nl/TEAMGROUP-256GB-Team-MS30-Type/dp/B07H23ZD94 I tested both the device and the drive at the same time. I put the "Teamgroup" drive back in my PC in the M2 slot. The

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The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error - External HD

Some decent advice here:
Quick fix for “the request failed due to fatal device hardware error”

https://appuals.com/fix-the-request-failed-due-to-a-fatal-device-hardware-error/
- shows that exact error message

- check the status if the drive as suggested there and with any tool such as Crystal Diskinfo and Hard Disk Sentinel (trial) is especially good.

Were you moving (dangerous to an external drive as things can..er.. go wrong..) or copying the data?

e.g. (plenty of results)
6 Ways to Fix Disk Unknown Not Initialized in Windows 10/8/7 - EaseUS
Unknown Not Initialized - Can’t initialize disk in Windows 10

I hope you have a full backup for your laptop - so here's another plug for routine and regular disk imaging (e.g. Macrium Reflect - free- paid) plus large enough external storage for image files.

If so, recovery should be painless even if you were moving the data. (Have you checked the source data to see if you actually lost any?)


The forum prompted you for your full build number so we don't have to keep asking.

 

Fatal Error

I've been trying to format my system but right after it finishes formatting I get a Fatal Error during the Windows installation process. That Fatal Error is a Data Error (cyclic redundancy check). I know that it's because of my hard drives, but how do I fix this issue? I have 2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB SATA II Hard Drives in RAID 0. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. *Smile

 

Initialize disk failed due to a fatal device hardware error disk unknown not initialized.

I am trying to fix a WD Elements 3TB portable hard drive that belongs to my sister it has worked fine until recently but will no longer come up on her MacBook Pro or iMac. I connected it to my HP laptop and clicked This PC but it does not show up in the devices and drives section when you select disk management it shows up as unknown not initialized and requests you to initialize disk but when you do it fails due to a fatal device hardware error. Any help would be greatly received. I have attached some screenshots showing the messages I am getting.