WD my passport ultra 1tb shows capacity as 0 mb

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robin - 16 Jun 2018 à 01:30
nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday 22 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 27 September 2022 - 29 Jun 2018 à 07:48
hi
my external hard disk stopped working after few months
it is not detected for some time and when i changed the cable it is being detected in the device manager and in disk management it shows it is not initialized and it asks to choose MBR or GPT where as in my computer it shows as cd drive(E:)
i also ran some test on it wd data life guard diagnostics
where it shows capacity as 0 mb and all test results as pass ( both quick test and extended test)
i am using windows 10 OS .

please assist me to recover the data
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Ambucias Posts 47312 Registration date Monday 1 February 2010 Status Moderator Last seen 28 March 2026 11,166
20 Jun 2018 à 17:18
Your best bet is to contact Western Digital support:

https://support-en.wd.com

They have a very good service.
nathanwirth Posts 324 Registration date Thursday 22 May 2014 Status Member Last seen 27 September 2022 29
29 Jun 2018 à 07:48
Hi,

Once you initialize the drive then data stored on that drive get formatted. To get data back from that initialized hard drive you need to use a data recovery software. Also, keep in mind that you won't be able to recover files if your drive has been overwritten.