Do you know what does this mean exactly?

And do you want to recover data from the gadget on which such error appears?

I guess the answers to those questions are yes, no and yes.

The request failed due to a fatal device hardware error

Besides, you may found this error in removable drives like USB flash disk.

First off, I am computer illiterate!

After more googling I found that I need to initialize my hard drive by rebuildingMBR.

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Can you like help me?

Its a 2 Terabyte Hard internal hard drive from Seagate.

When I put it in my computer to install Windows 10, it said it had 0.0 space left.

select This PC or Removable Disk Drive

Im so perplexed because this is a new hard drive, why is this happening?

During this process, MiniTool Power Data Recovery could be a good assistant.

Step 1:choose a suitable tab.

How to Recover Data from Disk Shown as Unknown Without Damaging

you could also readMy Drive does not appear in Windows Explorer viewto find proper resolutions provided by Microsoft.

Step 2: opt for correct disk or partition to scan.

Then, press theScanbutton next to the drive to start detecting files.

select the partition/hard disk to scan

Step 3: check all the needed files & folders to recover.

like note that thePreview,FindandFilterfunctions are able to help you locate a file more easily.

Step 4: set a safe storage directory for the files waiting to be recovered.

Settings

Obviously, you oughta select a storage path for the files youve checked.

Youll need to wait for a short time before all the files are saved to the destination drive.

Here, I will talk about some of the commonly used repair methods.

more than one partition is found

That is:

So you shouldnt get into panic immediately when encountering this hard disk fatal error.

The Request Failed Due to A Fatal machine Hardware Error FAQ

Export Scan Result

reformat a drive

initialize the disk