RAW FAT32 Headache

neo-saitek

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Ok, this is doing my head in!!

I have a 400Gig external hard drive - it is currently showing up as being FAT32 and showing 7Gig free space

I am using recovery software to get undeleted photos - software being used is (Stellar Phoenix Data Recovery Pro) - this program shows that my drive is RAW with 0.00 bytes free

ok: why dont i convert the drive to NTFS and see how i get on with it then..

going through the command prompt i use the convert M: /fs:ntfs
i get the following result - CONVERT is not available for RAW drives..

now which is it, its either a RAW drive or a FAT32 drive - surely it cant be both

Any ideas folks!!
 

neo-saitek

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wow still no replies.. is everyone researching it or something.. ive been coming to this site as a guest for years to get solutions to problems and found what im looking for relatively easily.. cant find a solution to this problem and so far no one here is even attempting it.. mmmm have i come to the right place i wonder!!