Hard Disk Recovery

I could not access data saved in my USB drive. I received the following error message when trying to open it.

You need to format the disk in Drive I: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?

Here, I chose Cancel since formatting will destroy my original data. However, I received another error “The volume does not contain a recognized file system.” Then, I checked my USB drive Disk Management, I found it shows RAW file system. Now, how to change RAW file system to NTFS?

As we know, Windows cannot recognize RAW file system. Thus, if you want to use your USB drive again, you have to convert RAW to NTFS/FAT 32? However, How to fix RAW drive without data loss.

Experienced users who successfully converted RAW file system to NTFS without data loss always do the following 2 things.

• Recover data from RAW USB drive
• Format RAW USB drive to NTFS

Now, let’s see the detailed steps.

Part 1. Recover data from RAW drive

When it comes to RAW file system data recovery, you can try using MiniTool Power Data Recovery. Developed by MiniTool Solution Ltd., this professional data recovery software offers 4 different data recovery modules to help you effectively deal with different data loss scenarios.

Now, try the following steps to recover data from RAW drive.

Step 1. Connect your USB drive to PC. Download and install MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

Step 2. Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery, and then select Removable Disk Drive to recover data from RAW USB drive.

In the main interface, you can see 4 different data recovery modules including This PC (default data recovery module), Removable Disk Drive, Hard Disk Drive, and CD/DVD Drive. Here, you can choose Removable Disk Drive to recover data from USB.

Step 3. Select USB drive and click Scan button. Please wait for the full scan finishes to get the best recovery result.

Step 4. Check all needed files, and click Save button to store them.

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See! With MiniTool Power Data Recovery, you can effectively and quickly recover lost data from RAW file system. Of course, this professional data recovery software can also perfectly solve other data issues. For instance, it even can recover data when PC won’t boot.

With Data Recovery, let’s see how to convert RAW drive to NTFS.

Part 2. Change RAW file system to NTFS

To fix RAW drive, you can try formatting your USB drive to NTFS or FAT 32 file system.

The steps are:

Open File Explorer.

Right-click the USB drive, and then choose Format partition.

Specify file system, volume label and check the Quick Format.

Click Start to change RAW file system to NTFS.

More ways to format drive can be found in this post: How to format hard drive with ease?

Now, it’s your turn to fix RAW drive.

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