Windows 8 RAW Hard Drive Recovery

In two situations, a hard drive will be shown as RAW. Firstly, a new hard drive which has not been formatted will be shown as RAW drive. In this situation, you can format the hard drive to make it work properly. On Windows 8 computer, if a hard drive is shown as RAW, it may be caused by incompatibilities. In this situation, you can change a hard drive that can be compatible with Windows 8 operating system. In addition, if a hard drive has been always working fine on Windows 8 computer, but it suffers virus infection or improper operation, it can also be shown as RAW. In this situation, you cannot directly format the hard drive because it may contain important data.

Solution for Windows 8 Hard Drive Not Formatted Error

A common and terrible problem for Windows 8 computer users is the unknown data loss from the hard drive caused by not formatted error. Especially, the hard drive still functions properly and well but all of a sudden when you write files to the hard drive; Windows operating system prompts you to format the disk drive and doesn’t allow you to access the drive any more. It can be a heartbroken experience to lose important data due to hard drive not formatted error, so it is quite necessary and important to find a method to restore data from hard drive that has not formatted error.