Windows 10: How Do I Recover From a RAW File System?

When the last Microsoft updates were applied something did not go right. Windows provided the RESTORE Screen and proceeded to restore my computer to some extent. Everything seemed okay except for 1of my 4 External Hard Drives. This drive was unreadable. I used DISKPART to find that the file system was changed from GPT to RAW which makes it unrecognizable to Windows 11. The hard drive contained a significant number of Videos and my backup files. My other external drives also contain videos, so I have to wonder if the Backup files caused the issue. They were created using Seagate's Toolkit, as

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Recover data from a RAW partition

I think you should mention that which file system you used. As per of my experience I suggest you Remo Recover utility to recover data from old hard drive. I think it will be helpful for you.

 

Unable to recover corrupt SD card/RAW file

Hi StrainedVase852,

When a drive is in RAW status, it means that the drive is not ready to be explored or accessed by the operating system. To save the data on the RAW drive, you can first recover them with the free data recovery software on the market. However, if there's
no important data on the drive, you may proceed with converting the RAW drive in another way (Since convert is a command that does not work on RAW drive, you need to turn to another command, format.):

1. Type command prompt in the search box, right-click the best match and run it as administrator.
2. Type the following the hit Enter: format F: /fs:fat32 (Note: F is the drive letter of the RAW drive)
3. Press Enter again.
4. Specify the partition label if you want to. It takes around twenty minutes to format a 32GB SD card.
5. Exit command prompt.

Let me know how it goes.

 

Recover files from Flash drive

According to me, the best flash drive recovery software which i have used and recovered files easily. It is very easy to use and within few steps you can recover data from flash drive. http://billhoyer.com/recover-corrupt-flash-drive-mac