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oops, your hard disk drive master boot sector might got damaged. There are many related raw drive problems and you may encounter such errors reported by windows

chkdsk is not available for raw drive
drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now (raw is not regular file system type - usually fat32, ntfs, ntfs5)

so far as i know there is no tool which could change your raw back to ntfs but you can restore files from the raw disk.

resource that may help you http://www.rawfilesystem.com
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There are two places where we store file system information: the MBR partition Table and Volumes boot sector, When the file system information provided on these 2 sectors of disk is not good you may see chkdsk reporting raw file system (though the data is still there).

Ok try this one mount the drive as a slave inside the computer and see if you can repair the partition table:

Download the Windows version of TestDisk. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
Unzip the downloaded file to your C: drive and open C:\testdisk-6.8\win > double click " testdisk_win" (the program doesn't have to installed).

A. At the first window select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select what drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC.
D. Select “Analyse” then <Enter>. The drive/partition will be analysed.
E. Select “Proceed” at the next screen, then <Enter>.
F. Press “Y” if the partitions were created under Vista – “N” if not.
G. TestDisk should say “Structure OK”. Choose the drive/partition to fix. Then press <Enter>.
H. Select “Write” and press <Enter>.
I. Press “Y”.
J. Press <Enter> and close TestDisk. Reboot the computer.
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techeasy said:
oops, your hard disk drive master boot sector might got damaged. There are many related raw drive problems and you may encounter such errors reported by windows

chkdsk is not available for raw drive
drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now (raw is not regular file system type - usually fat32, ntfs, ntfs5)

so far as i know there is no tool which could change your raw back to ntfs but you can restore files from the raw disk.

resource that may help you http://www.rawfilesystem.com


Thanks, I just got my photos back off raw memory card that I use on my cannon. Great freeware and thank you for your info.

Have you stored something important on this hard disk?
Honestly, changing the RAW file system into NTFS is not a difficult task, but recovering you important data back is. To change the RAW file system into NTFS, all you need to do is simply to format this drive. But, to recover your data back, you should select a reliable recovery tool and do a serious of things.
Therefore, for your convenience, I would like recommend you to try a hard disk recovery freeware that specializes in process different recovery problems.

You can read more about it there: -http://blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/10/convert-external-...

Note: You should do hard drive cleanup regularly and treat it properly in the future.
You should back up your data regularly in the future.

Sicily4455 said:
Have you stored something important on this hard disk?
Honestly, changing the RAW file system into NTFS is not a difficult task, but recovering you important data back is. To change the RAW file system into NTFS, all you need to do is simply to format this drive. But, to recover your data back, you should select a reliable recovery tool and do a serious of things.
Therefore, for your convenience, I would like recommend you to try a hard disk recovery freeware that specializes in process different recovery problems.

You can read more about it there: -http://blog4mark.blogspot.com/2012/10/convert-external-...

YOU SIR are a dimwit format raw drive in windows to fix hahaha specially if unknown capacity is showing WINDOWS WONT FORMAT THE DRIVE FOOL GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT SPOUTING OFF SPOUTER GOOD GOD DUMMY...

HOWEVER... the freeware raw to ntfs recovery works format raw with it cheers, and next time think, then text us intelligently tyvvm...!...

btw recovering data from a drive is a cakewalk nowdays with decent freeware recovery apps your wrong in all resprcts omg spout off more spouter pffft n.e. wayzZz njoy ur multimedia timezZz...!...
Note: You should do hard drive cleanup regularly and treat it properly in the future.
You should back up your data regularly in the future.


  • STANLEY DEAN PARKER has edited this thread

use photorec windows version and/or testdisc windows version as an earlier link stated, these will repair if possible raw to whatever format is needed amongst the myriads available within these 2 two apps cheers to dev. of these!!! reboot to take effect after exiting these apps with quit command awesome encoding dev...!!!... fantabulous, and if drive is inoperable still ? then rma the drive my magnum xporter 64gb usb pendrive has a 5 year unconditional money back guarantee its been newly replaced once in 3 years is yours guaranteed? if tits not tits time to ga-det-one-dat-is!!!? njoy ur pc multimedia XPerience!

YES INDEED LADIES AND JEWS AND GENTILS MY DRIVE IS NTFS AND WORKS AGAIN I CANNOT THANK THE ABOVE DEV OF THOSE TWO FINE APPS ENOUGH!!! NO RMA NEEDED CHEEEEEEEEEEEEERzZz iam shocked and amazed thank god & thank fine devs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so cool -=8^)~~~~~ +- A+++ GRADE AAA+++ software dev and i mean that soulfully too

as for my sandisk 8gb pendrive well uh the chip circuitry must be fried i plug it in and get notta thing ... and guess what its not guaranteed, so short of buying an eprom its junk now...
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This is perfect!!!! thank you!
dEAne said:
There are two places where we store file system information: the MBR partition Table and Volumes boot sector, When the file system information provided on these 2 sectors of disk is not good you may see chkdsk reporting raw file system (though the data is still there).

Ok try this one mount the drive as a slave inside the computer and see if you can repair the partition table:

Download the Windows version of TestDisk. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
Unzip the downloaded file to your C: drive and open C:\testdisk-6.8\win > double click " testdisk_win" (the program doesn't have to installed).

A. At the first window select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select what drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC.
D. Select “Analyse” then <Enter>. The drive/partition will be analysed.
E. Select “Proceed” at the next screen, then <Enter>.
F. Press “Y” if the partitions were created under Vista – “N” if not.
G. TestDisk should say “Structure OK”. Choose the drive/partition to fix. Then press <Enter>.
H. Select “Write” and press <Enter>.
I. Press “Y”.
J. Press <Enter> and close TestDisk. Reboot the computer.


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