How to Recover Data from Uninitialized Seagate hard Drive?

Many of Seagate external hard drive users face “disk unknown not initialized” error. The error is not limited to external hard drives i.e. you may face the problem even on internal drives. Thus, it is a common and easy-to-deal-with issue that crops up on your removable Seagate hard drives. But, you should have a little knowledge on aspects like the need for disk initialization, what may happen if the disk is not initialized. So, let's learn it from scratch.

Why Seagate external hard drive shows not initialized error?

Your Seagate external hard disk will not be visible to the operating system installed on your computer until you initialize the disk. Thus, Seagate portable drive needs to be initialized to make it functional. But, why a working Seagate drive starts to show drive not initialized issue out of the blue? Here is the answer.

There exist various reasons like virus contamination, broken or damaged MBR, partition loss, bad blocks, corrupted/damaged system files etc. that are responsible for the issue Seagate hard drive not initialized. You may feel it is a tricky issue to handle, but in reality, it is not. If you understand the situation properly, you can easily solve your Seagate external hard drive not initialized problem.

Seagate Recovery Tool to Recover Files from Uninitialized Seagate Hard Disk Drive

You can resolve this problem through various techniques. But, before getting started with the repair process the main thing you should pay heed is data present on your Seagate external drive. If you have saved important files on the affected drive, then safeguard them first. Take help of Recover Seagate software, extract data from uninitialized Seagate external drive and keep it in a safe location. I suggested this software because it can effectively recover data from Seagate FreeAgent Go, backup plus, expansion and many series of Seagate drives without affecting the storage drive or data. And, it involves simple procedure.

Steps to Recover Data from Uninitialized Seagate External Hard Drive:

Step (i): Download and install the free version of Partition Recovery tool on your PC. After successful installation, launch the software. In the Main Screen, select “Recover Partitions” option. Then, the tool shows all the logical and physical disk drives available in the system. Choose the Seagate physical disk and click "Scan" option

Figure A: Main Window

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and 2008

Step (ii): Now, the tool scans the physical hard disk to find deleted, and lost partitions. Once scanning is complete, it displays a list of found partitions. Select the required partition, which you want to recover and hit "Scan" button to initiate the recovery process from a partition.

Figure B: Select Appropriate Partition

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and 2008

Step (iii): Now, the software scans the selected partition to regain it's files back. Wait for the scanning to get complete. Upon the completion of scanning process, a list of recovered files are displayed. You can view the recovered files in Data View, and File Type View.

Figure C: Recovered Files in Data Type & File Type View

Step (iv): At last, if you are satisfied with the tool, then activate the license key of the tool and select the destination drive to save the recovered files.

Figure D: Save Recovered Files