📋 An error occurred in the partition table area of the disk.

👾 The virus destroyed some critical information on the hard disk, making the file system cannot be identified.

☹️ The repartition/formatting is not completed.

🔋 The power supply for the USB port is insufficient, causing the disk file system to change when connected to a computer.

💽 The disk DBR information is corrupted.

🚫 The drive file system is damaged due to wrong operations, such as force shutdown and power failure.

Now that you know the symptoms of a RAW drive, it's time to understand what has caused the problem: Quick Navigation Part 1: What Causes RAW Drives Part 2: 3 Ways to Free Recover Files from a RAW Drive without Formatting Part 3: Comparison of the Three RAW Hard Drive Recovery without Formatting Ways Part 4: Part 4: How to Convert RAW File System to NTFS or FAT with/without Formatting Part 5: Tips to Avoid a RAW Disk Part 1: What Causes RAW Drives Here, we will help you solve the problems. When it happens, the first thing we want to know must be, 'How can I open the RAW drive?' and 'Can I recover data from a RAW hard drive without formatting?'. Unlike other file systems, such as FAT32 and NTFS, RAW is an uncommon file system that represents something wrong with your hard disk and makes it inaccessible. If you encounter the above error messages, the system no longer recognizes your drive.

⛔ The disk in drive X: is not formatted.

⭕ The hard disk/partition capacity is showing as '0'.

Unable to access X:! The file or directory structure is corrupt and unreadable, the drive parameter is wrong, etc. Please ensure that all required file system drivers are loaded and the volume is not corrupted.

🚨 Unable to access X: This volume does not contain a recognizable file system.

💢 When you open a drive, you get the prompt 'You need to format the disk in drive X: before you can use it.'.

So how do you know when your drive file system becomes RAW? So RAW drives also refer to disks/partitions that are either unformatted or unrecognized. Updated to File Recovery Tips by Nancy on | Approved by Jennifer Allen

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