Windows 10: External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW?

Discus and support External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW? in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to ask for help but I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what to do! Yesterday, all of a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by Strobenz, Aug 8, 2020.

  1. STROBENZ
    Strobenz Win User

    External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW?


    Hello, I don't know if this is the right place to ask for help but I would appreciate it if someone could tell me what to do!

    Yesterday, all of a sudden, my external HDD (ADATA HV300) stopped working... At first it would completely freeze the File Explorer on Windows 10 and the PC would behave strangely. I googled for help and found that I could use the CHKDSK command on cmd, only to find out that "chkdsk is not available for RAW drives".

    Googled again, and tried several different programs (EaseUS, AOMEI Partition Assistant, etc) but none were able to even scan the drive. It's as if it became unusable. However, today I can actually access the root folder and even go inside of some folders after File Explorer freezes for a few seconds
    External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW? [​IMG]
    which made me think that the file system is not at all RAW.

    When I ran diskpart, it showed that the drive is FAT32 and labeled as "correct" (sorry, my computer is in Spanish)
    External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW? [​IMG]

    But as you can see, running CHKDSK is not possible since the drive is recognized as RAW...

    What is going on?? Could someone please provide some help? I am a bit desperate because there are some (admittedly not very important) files that I really wouldn't want to lose...

    :)
     
    Strobenz, Aug 8, 2020
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  2. KHALIDJAMIL
    khalidjamil Win User

    usb external HDD fat32 support ?

    i have updated to WINDOWS 10 ANNIVERSARY .. it made my PC and LAPTOP to stop recognising FAT32 EXTERNAL usb HDD 2TB. i had to revert back to older version of windows 10 in order to access the external-HDD

    can you confirm that windows 10 latest update support FAT32 external usb drives?
     
    khalidjamil, Aug 8, 2020
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  3. TENZINNAMSAY
    TenzinNamsay Win User
    1tb Fat32 external hdd

    Hello all.

    My windows can't open my 1tb fat32 external hdd. It formats it to some other thing. I need it to be fat32 so I could connect it to my ps3. Is there an alternate option to windows file ?
     
    TenzinNamsay, Aug 8, 2020
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  4. SHENAN STANLEY
    Shenan Stanley Win User

    External HDD is FAT32 but recognized as RAW?

    1tb Fat32 external hdd

    You need to format it to FAT32... why?

    I suggest exFAT - more universal with more features ... Natively supported, etc.

    However, if you just have to - there are plenty of utilities that get around the format limitations built into Windows for FAT32. Like: 2020 Best FAT32 Format Tool Free Download for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista - EaseUS

    Without a compelling argument, however, exFAT is still likely the better option for you.
     
    Shenan Stanley, Aug 8, 2020
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