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A disk that fails to initialize can be caused by a variety of reasons, including the following:
- Viruses or Malware
- Bad sector
- Casual use of hardware
- Mechanical failure
- Data line problem
The solution refers to this document:
https://recoverit.wondershare.com/harddrive-tips/disk-unknown-uninitialized-unallocated.html