Windows 10: RAW Filesystem

USB 3.0 shows "RAW" filesystem, how can I change the filesystem back to normal operating filesystem?

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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.

 

Hard drive turned RAW after changing sata port. Table resotration

Here is the result. I appreciate you going through step by step with me.





When selecting List, the filesystem still seems damaged.

 

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?