Convert RAW to NTFS on an External Hard Drive & Retrieve Lost Data from RAW Drive

Think about It: What Will You Do If You Meet Such a Problem?

This is a user’s post from a forum: "My 2TB external hard drive is not recognized by my Samsung computer. It is only recognizable under Disk Management but I can’t come up with any method to open the external hard drive. When I check the properties of the external hard drive, it shows the free space and used space are both 0 byte. The file system also has been changed from NTFS to raw. I have some large files inside the drive and I have no way to retrieve them. What is the best method to solve this problem? "

Hard Drive Problem: How to Recover Photos Videos Music from RAW Partition?

Users That Run into Hard Drive Problem: RAW Partition Recovery

User1: A partition on my computer is shown as an unformatted drive. It is shown as raw drive under Disk Management and the space is shown as 0 byte. I have no idea where are all the files on the partition, but I can’t access the partition. I would like to find a method to repair the raw drive and recover the lost files from the raw partition. Can you help me recover the lost data?

Solution for RAW Drive Recovery

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RAW problem on your hard drive, external, memory card or other devices will lead to data loss. So it is very important to find a solution to solve the raw problem to avoid unnecessary data loss. Therefore, I would like to share some solutions to fix the raw problem and get data off the raw drive. If you are interested in the raw recovery, please keep reading.

RAW Drive Recovery – Data Recovery from RAW Partition / RAW Hard Disk Drive

Solution for Hard Disk Drive RAW Recovery

Question: Is there a solution for hard disk drive raw recovery? My 500GB hard disk drive only shows 150GB on my computer. The file type is showing RAW. My computer is running Windows XP with all updates. There are different types of files inside the disk drive. So my question is how can I get the data off the RAW hard disk drive?

Seagate External Hard Drive RAW – Recover Files from RAW Drive with Reliable & Free RAW Recovery Program

Specific Case That Seagate External Hard Drive Shows RAW 

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I got a terrible problem with my 4GB Seagate external hard drive. The drive shows RAW file system on my laptop. I found the drive is healthy through the Disk Management, but I can’t access the data inside the drive. The property of the drive is shown as 0 byte. How can I recover the data and make the external hard drive usable? I have much important data on the drive that includes pictures, music, videos and office files. Any help would be appreciated very much.

How to Convert a RAW Drive to NTFS on Hard Drive & Get Back Data?

Can Data Come Back If I convert RAW Drive to NTFS?

Ok, the problem is that the file system of my computer hard drive has become RAW which was NTFS. Should I format the RAW drive to NTFS? But will I lose all files inside the hard drive after format? If it is impossible to format the RAW drive without data loss, what should I do to get back lost data and also convert RAW drive to NTFS?

The answer is positive that data can be recovered. You can recover lost data with RAW drive recovery software but not after converting raw drive to NTFS. You should perform the data recovery before converting raw to NTFS. After all files are recovered successfully, you can format the RAW drive and convert its file system from raw to NTFS.