This tutorial details how to fix a drive with a RAW file system in different situations: when you have data, a system and you want to recover the old file system from RAW, or when there is no important data on the HDD or SSD and formatting the drive does not it's a problem. Important Note: Sometimes the disk appears as RAW if the file system is not compatible with the current operating system, in this case you need to take measures to open the partition in an operating system that can work with this file system.

RAW - most often due to system crashes, improper shutdown of the computer, or power problems, in which case the information on the disk usually remains intact. The RAW disk format is a kind of 'non-format', or more precisely the file system on the disk: this happens with new or defective hard drives, and in situations where the disk was converted to a format out of nowhere. This is usually accompanied by the messages 'To use the disk, please format it first' and 'The volume's file system is not recognized', and when trying to check the disk with standard Windows tools, the message 'CHKDSK is not allowed' will appear for RAW discs ».

One of the problems faced by Windows 10, 8.1 and Windows 7 users is a hard drive (HDD and SSD) or a disk partition with RAW file system, the same goes for a pendrive or external drive.

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