Hard Drive empty? Closed

Question

Hello,

The graphics chip on my HP Pavillion recentky died so I had to buy a new laptop, I need the data on my old hard drive but when I put the HD in my new laptop it says 'hard drive not exist'. I tried using a usb to sata converter and connected the drive externally. 'My Computer' doesn't show the drive, when I go to 'Disk Management', it shows a device but it's uninitialized. When I click properties, I get this info:

Disk: Disk 1
Type: Unknown
Status: Not Initialized
Partition Style: Not Applicable
Capacity: 0MB
Unallocated space: 0MB
Reserved space: 0MB

Why is the drive showing as empty? is there anyway to recover my files??

closeup22 · Answer

hi there,

format it from disk management itself or by using hp disk format tool

then use a recovery software and recover the files and data from it:

https://ccm.net/downloads/security-and-maintenance/5325-recover-my-files/

Thanks

Hard Drive empty?

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