initialize disk "incorrect function"

Liv 0 Reputation points
2024-06-11T20:12:13.7+00:00

I just got a hard drive and I'm trying to connect and it's giving me issues.

It's showing up in my Disk Management but it won't let me initialize. I've tried MBR and GPT and both give me "incorrect function" messages. I tried using diskpart to remove protections and I got the message "DiskPart failed to clear disk attributes"

Any way I can fix this?

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  1. Marcin Policht 16,725 Reputation points MVP
    2024-06-11T21:44:43.0033333+00:00

    Follow https://www.diskpart.com/diskpart/diskpart-failed-to-clear-disk-attributes-3889.html

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  2. Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 33,071 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-06-12T02:21:25.58+00:00

    Hi Liv,

    Hope you're doing well.

    1. Open "Registry Editor";
    2. Navigate to: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
    3. Right click the WriteProtected key and select Modify. In the pop-up window, change value data from 1 to 0.

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue

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