Windows 10: how to fix raw filesystem raw on removable usb storage

how caan I fix a raw filesystem on usb removable storage device back to correct filesystem?I have tried many option but never come right with each option I tried.May you please assist me wit this problem.

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Raw Partitions

Hi Everyone!

A few days ago, I accidentally told the Ubuntu Installer to wipe my Windows 10 partition. I quit the installer, but my partition is now RAW.

What is a RAW Partition?

In Windows, partitions with an unknown filesystem (like my Ubuntu partition) are marked as RAW. In this case, Windows was unable to recognize the filesystem type. Lets say your Windows partition filesystem gets corrupted badly. Windows would mark
it as RAW. So, in short, a RAW partition is
not a filesystem, but an error of the partition.

What happens if you have a RAW partition?

It depends. If your primary partition is RAW, Windows will not boot. Period. If an external storage device or other partition is RAW, Windows will ask you to format it. You will not be able to get any data off of this partition.

Is this error fixable?

It seems like it also depends. If your partition's filesystem got really messed up, then no. This will happen:

> The type of this file system is RAW.

> CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.

However, I have seen reports of people fixing a RAW partition. This is what happened:

> The type of this file system is NTFS

> The first NTFS boot sector is unreadable or corrupt.

A little suprising, but this is good. It means that your partition is fixable. The first sector is what caused the RAW error.
p.s. I used chkdsk to get these errors

How do you fix this error.

First off, you will probably need a Windows Installer device.

If you can get to a command line, skip this part.

Boot from the installer.

Set your keyboard, mouse, etc. Click next.

Click Repair your Computer (bottom-left corner)

Click Advanced Options (or similar)

Now, first, try and use Startup Repair. If Startup Repair works, great! If Startup Repair fails, keep reading.

Open a command line.

Run the following commands in order:

> diskpart

> list volume

This will show you the RAW partition, and what letter it is.

> exit

> chkdsk /r /f D:

Replace D: with the letter from Diskpart.

You should get some errors at the beginning (first sector corrupt). Don't worry, it is actually fixing the second sector!

If that doesn't work, then you are in trouble, and should just reinstall Windows. Sorry

I hope this tutorial was useful. And also, please leave comments if you have another method that worked for you. Thank you!

 

Convert RAW Filesystem into NTFS

So this is an interesting story. I have an USB-Stick with 64gb space on it. I so far only used it for readyboost because i didnt really find an other use for it. But today, i wanted to set up an virtual machine and needed the usb-stick. I realized i had
an windows backup on it and wanted to delete it because it was taking up too much space. So i just moved to the recycle bin and moved on. However when i tried the media creation tool to install windows 10 on it it failed at 50% at the "Creating windows 10
media" part. After doing some research i found out it somehow changed from an NTFS filesystem into an RAW one. I cannot access it anymore nor format it. I have tried chkdsk command in command prompt and several other external tools (most which needed payment
so i just gave up on that) with no luck.

In conclusion what im trying to do is change the Filesystem from RAW into NTFS.

OS: Windows 10 Home Insider Build (Build 20241.rs_prerelease.201016-1450)

USB-Stick: Verbatim Micro OTG USB Device (64 GB)

Stuff i tried:

- Command "chkdsk" with only it returning "The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives."

- Windows Disk managment

- External tools (most which were just demanding for money and didnt actually do anything)

Thanks in advance.

 

Convert RAW Filesystem into NTFS

Hi Konstantin

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

1

In Disk Management,

Right click that Raw Partition and choose 'Delete Volume' and if so, was that successful, and resulted in 'Unallocated Space' which you could then right click and choose 'New - Simple Volume' and accept the defaults?

2

If that does not work, click your Start Button, then just type cmd

From the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

Run this command and hit Enter:

diskpart

Run this command and hit Enter:

list disk

(Make note of the disk number you want to convert and enter it into the next command - replace disknumber)

Run this command and hit Enter:

select disk disknumber

Run this command and hit Enter:

clean

Then open Disk Management again, is that drive still Raw?