RAW Partition Recovery: How to Efficiently Recover RAW Partition (Proven Methods)

"Raw Partition" refers to a condition where a hard drive partition is not formatted with a file system that the operating system can recognize. It appears as "unformatted" or "unknown file system" when you try to access it. This typically happens when the partition table or file system gets corrupted, or if the partition was not properly initialized during setup. As a result, the data on the partition becomes inaccessible until it's reformatted or the file system is repaired. However, reformatting would lead to data loss, so it's crucial to back up important files before dealing with a raw partition issue.

A “RAW partition error” doesn't always happen, but when it does, it can affect your local hard drive, external hard drive, USB drive, and other storage devices. Typically, you'll encounter the following symptoms when your disk partition becomes corrupted or damaged:

• Invalid drive media type. Abort, Retry, Fail? • File system shows as RAW. • Windows may display "The disk is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?" • Filename contains odd characters. • "Sector not found" message appears.

When any of the above situations occur, you will be unable to access the partition with the original file system. Thus, you won't be able to open documents, photos, emails, and other files on the problematic partition. If you already had data on the partition and directly format the RAW partition, all the data on that partition will be lost.

So, if the file is of utmost importance, you may consider restoring the data first with a reliable hard drive data recovery software and then format it to make it work normally.

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When it comes to professional and powerful data recovery tools, you can't miss the Data Recovery Wizard tool.

It fully supports RAW partition recovery. Whether it's a disk partition, USB flash drive, or external hard drive that has turned RAW, the software can help you recover data from RAW devices.

Main Features of Data Recovery Wizard:

• Safely and effectively recover lost files, photos, audio, music, emails from RAW partition.
• Recover deleted or lost files from Recycle Bin, hard drive, memory card, USB and other storage devices.
• Retrieve data from formatted, system crashed, virus attacked, hard drive failure due to power issue, bad sectors and more.
• Support preview of recoverable files.

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How to use Data Recovery Wizard to recover RAW partition?

With its user-friendly interface and performance, the RAW Partition Recovery tool outshines its counterparts and enables you to perform RAW partition recovery with just three simple steps.

This is a video tutorial that shows you how to fix a RAW drive. Watch this step-by-step guide to resolve your issue.

Download and install the Data Recovery tool on your Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP or Windows Server 2016/2012/2008/2003 computer (the software is also compatible). Then, follow the steps below to recover data from RAW partition.

Step 1. Select and Scan the RAW Partition

If the RAW partition has a partition label, you can directly select it from the drive list and click "Scan" to search for lost files. If the RAW partition loses its label, it will be identified as "Lost Partition". Just select "Lost Partition" and click "Scan" to perform a full scan on the RAW drive.

Step 2: Preview the data found from the scanning result

When the scan is finished, all recoverable files on the RAW hard drive will be displayed. Look through these files and find the one you want to recover. You can sort the scan results by file type, or just search for the file in the “Search for files or folders” box.

Step 3. Recover data from the RAW partition

Select all the files and then click on “Recover” to retrieve all the data. Choose another internal or external hard drive to save the recovered data and then hit “OK” to start RAW drive recovery.

How to recover RAW partition with data recovery service

If you are unable to recover RAW files with data recovery software, you can still use a RAW recovery service to successfully retrieve your data.

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Consult with Tool Data Recovery experts for one-on-one manual RAW recovery service. After a free diagnosis, we can provide the following services:

• Repair damaged RAW drives without formatting
• Data recovery from RAW drives, including BitLocker encrypted drives
• Recover RAW partitions, RAW USB, RAW flash drives, RAW external hard drives, etc.

Now, you have successfully recovered files from RAW partition and saved them to another location. It's time to fix the RAW partition.

How to Fix RAW Partition

The quickest solution is to format the original partition immediately and run a full scan with an antivirus tool. While formatting isn't the only way to fix the RAW issue, it's the most direct one.

For more methods, you can refer to this article: How to Recover and Fix RAW USB Drive.

After successfully recovering files from RAW partition, you can format the RAW drive to FAT or NTFS file system to make it work normally, following the steps below:

Step 1 Open "This PC/My Computer."

Step 2: Right-click on the RAW drive and select "Format."

Step 3 Set the file system and other options as needed, and click Start > OK.

You can also format RAW partition, or learn how to use a professional hard drive format tool.

Conclusions

It's always better to prevent such issues than to restore data after they occur. Understanding why a partition becomes RAW can help you get to the root of the problem and avoid it. Common causes include:

• Loose or damaged cables • Sudden power outages leading to improper system shutdown • Incorrect modification of the file system • Improper operations, like ejecting a storage device incorrectly • Virus attacks

Develop good habits when using storage devices. In addition, regularly back up important files with free backup software and have professional data recovery tools ready for your valuable data. This lessens the risk of losing your information.