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Raw Memorex External Hard Drive not formatted

Have you ever been asked to format the disk before you can use it, such as the Golden Star external hard drive? Generally, system would prompt us that you need to format the disk in drive O before you can use it. Do you want to format it now? It means that the portable hard drive is raw file system at that time. Do you want to access files saved on that raw portable hard disk drive and do you have any idea how to do it? Don’t worry, as we may be able recover those original files from the not formatted external hard drive.

Example of Golden Star external hard drive getting in not formatted error

I have a Golden Star external hard drive and I have saved a lot of useful files on it. But there is a thing what I have no idea how to deal with. The portable hard drive shows raw file system and the system asks me to format it before I can use it when I connect the external hard drive to the computer and check its disk properties. What should I do? There are massive files important saved on the raw external hard disk drive, and I have to access them again. Is there any help? -Bob from Washington

How to restore files from the raw Golden Star external hard drive with data recovery software

If we need to view files on the Golden Star external hard drive when it is in not formatted error, there is a possible way for me to complete it. We can ask data recovery for help, because it may help us recover what we need from the raw portable hard drive. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to perform:

Recover data from RAW external hard disk

Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer after connecting the external hard disk. Then, you need to run the software and choose a recovery module.

1Download and install data recovery software on the computer.
2Connect the raw external hard drive to the computer on which the data recovery tool launched.
3Open the data restoration program and then choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4 Preview the contents in the list after the scan and then pick up the files needed to recover.

Various data loss situations when use the Golden Star external hard drive

If we can not recover files from the Golden Star external hard drive when it is in not formatted error, we would lose those original files forever. Thanks to data recovery program, we can get what we need back form the raw portable hard drive. As a matter of fact, there is more than one case that we may lose data stored on the external hard drive at the previous time. Fortunately, we may also be able to restore the lost information with the help of data recovery tool if they are lost due to logical reasons. Here are some of them below:

1. Accidental deletion. The accidental or intentional deletion belongs to the logical reason that cause the data lost from external hard drive, so we may be able to get the lost information back with the help of data recovery tool. But what we should pay attention to is that not to save new data on the portable hard drive before all needed files have been retrieved successfully in case of overwriting.

2. Formatting cases. If the external hard drive is formatted by accident or by intention, we will lose all files and folders saved on it. What’s more, there are some other situations that related to format case which may lead to data loss problem. For example, the external hard drive need to be formatted before we can use it, the portable hard disk drive can not be formatted by windows, or the format process is corrupted, or other related cases. Data recovery tool may be helpful at that time.

3. Virus attacks. The external hard drive may be infected by virus and worms if they are hidden in the files saved on portable hard drive. Once the external hard drive is infected by virus and worms, we may get a raw external hard drive, or find that some or all files saved on the external hard drive originally is lost, or see those files turn to messy codes, or other possible results. No matter which situation is, we lose the information on the external hard drive at that moment.

4. Other logical data loss problems that lost data may be able to be restored by data recovery program, such as power failure.

Storage devices can be supported by data recovery tool when become raw

Besides external hard drive, we also need to use hard disk, USB stick, memory card, such as SD card, CF card, mini SD card, micro SD card, memory stick and so forth, and other memory devices to store files and folders. What we should keep in mind is that we can ask data recovery tool for help, too, if those storage devices become raw file system.

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