Getting “The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error” or “Not accessible fatal device hardware error” while accessing the external hard drives? Is this error preventing you from accessing the data? Then, read this post and learn how to fix fatal device hardware errors easily without any data loss.
One of the most common problems occurring in Seagate and Western Digital (WD) external HDD is the fatal error with a pop-up message saying "F: is not accessible. The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error”. Let’s have a look at some real time scenarios:
Case 1: “I have portable Seagate 1TB external hard drive which connects to my Windows 10 PC via USB cable. Lately, whenever I try to access the drive, the request failed due to fatal device hardware error message pops up on screen. Please help me solve the problem.”
Case 2: “Hi, my WD Elements 1TB external HDD is not working and showing error G: \ is not accessible. The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error message. How can I fix WD elements fatal device hardware error and recover data?”
Generally, the request failed due to a fatal device hardware error appears due to many reasons such as:
Due to the above reasons you might receive following errors like:
Check if the connection is loose, try to plug the hdd to the other USB port via USB cable. Else try connecting to the other Windows machine to see if you are able to access the data or not.
SMART stands for Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology. If you are facing any issues with the hard drive then you can verify the SMART status.
Fatal disk error primarily indicates that your hard drive is failing, and it is near to die. And follow these steps to fix fatal device hardware errors.
Step 1: Check all the connections of your computer including power supply and fix loose contacts, if you find any.
Step 2: Go to Start, select All Programs then, Accessories. Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator. Next, type CHKDSK [Your Hard Drive Letter]: /r /f /x and hit Enter key.
Sometimes, you cannot backup files from the hard drive showing fatal hardware error if the drive is failing. We recommend you recover data from your hard drive using a reliable data recovery program like Remo Recover.
This tool is built with a Deep scan engine that can recover data from any complicated scenario. The utility can recover more than 500 file types. Download the tool now and start recovering your data.
Note: Do not install the Remo Recover tool onto the same hard disk drive that you are trying to restore data from. Also, don't save recovered files onto the same hard disk which is screening fatal hardware errors. Otherwise, it may overwrite files that are still hidden and make the data recovery process complex.
Connect the hard drive showing fatal device error to your system and download Remo Recover. Then begin the data recovery process using the steps explained below.
Step 1: From the main screen select the drive from where you want to recover data.
Note: You can click on the Can’t find the drive option if your drive is severely corrupted or not recognised on the main screen.
Step 2: Click on the Scan option to initiate the scanning process.
Step 3: Once the Quick Scan is completed it directly starts Deep Scan. Once the scanning is completed, the tool allows you to view the recovered files in the Tree Structure.
Step 4: To recover the files you can go to the Lost Partition folder. You can now Preview the recovered files for free, to verify the success rate of the software.
Step 5: Finally, select the files which you want to get back and click on the Recover option.
It is really worrisome if you are unable to access the data from your internal/external hard drive due to fatal disk error, to fix the issue you can refer to the article. If you are still unable to fix the issue fatal hardware error, then once you have recovered the data from the hard drive you can format your drive to fix the issue.
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