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File System RAW
Do you have any idea about the raw disk? The file system of all files saved on it turns to raw on a raw disk, which means you can not view them temporarily. You may be confused about the word temporarily, it express to you that you could read them minutes later. The hidden files could be retrieved and you can turn it to any other file system in fact. Data recovery software could help you find back the lost data.
Example of raw file system
My information saved on disk F become to raw somehow, which lead to all file system be raw and I can not access them with so many ways. I want to get back them but have no idea. Those files and folders really mean a lot to me, such as graduation photos, diaries, useful software, and so forth. Any one could tell me how to retrieve them quickly but not cost too much. Help me, please. – Shock from New Zealand
How to restore files from raw disk
You must need the data recovery software if you want to restore files from raw disk first. You can recover data from RAW external hard disk, memory card, flash drive and more. There is the simple guidance below, and you just need to do it step by step:
Recover data from RAW drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Launch the software and select a recovery module. Then, select the RAW drive as target device, so that the software can scan.
File types which may turn to raw system
There are so many file types which could be saved on the computer or other storage devices. Then which one may turns to raw system among them? Actually, any one of them could lead to raw disk because of some reasons. There are some common file types as follows:
EXE, XLS, DOC, RAR, ZIP, AVI, RM, RMVB, WAV, WMV, MPG, BMP, TXT, URL, GHO, GIF, HTM, HTML, ISO, JAR, JAVA, JPE, JPEG, JPG, LST, MP3, MID, SWF, PPT, BAT
These files could corrupted easily and turn to raw system if you perform the incorrect operation on it. So you should be careful when using it.
Brief introduction to raw systemg
Raw file system is a disk partition which has not been formatted by NT file system (such as FAT or NTFS). It could not be accessed. You can not open it or do any operation on it. But you may wonder where data saved on it has been, it is still on the raw disk without doubt. File system become raw from other normal systems which are readable and writable may because infected by virus and worms or other similar reasons. There is another kind of raw system. Some cameras take photos and saved as raw system, which means that you have to post process them before they can be viewed normally. By the way, you could take control over the image totally and you could determine how the final pictures look like.
Other file systems
Excepting from raw file system, there are other kind of file systems which is normal to view and operate. Here are some common file systems as follows: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, FAT16 in Windows operating system and EXT2, EXT3 in Linux OP.
You can convert a RAW disk to NTFS or FAT32 by formatting the disk.
Possible problems happen to a raw disk
If you encounter a raw disk, you may get into the following problems:
1. Disk space is 0 bytes, ether the used space or free space.
2. Check disk shows raw.
3. Disk is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?
4. Convert is not available for raw disk.
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