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RAW HP USB Flash Memory Drive / Convert RAW HP USB Drive to NTFS FAT32 without Data Loss

Have you ever used the USB flash memory drive and have it ever turned to raw? Do you have any solution if you were in that trouble? It is obviously that the formatting is not a good idea if there are files and folders important remind to be accessed and there is no backup at all. So what is the flexible way truly? As a matter of fact, we can restore the needed files from the raw USB flash memory drive and then format it to use it normally again.

Example of hp USB flash memory drive turning to raw

My hp USB flash memory drive needed to be formatted before I can use it. I have no idea what is going on and nor do I have idea how to solve that problem. What I need is to access files saved on the raw USB flash memory drive at the previous time. But I can not at that time and now. I have not formatted the problematic flash memory drive and keep it inserted to the computer since I get it raw information. Is there any possible way for me to access files form the USB flash memory drive not formatted? -Quo from New York

How to retrieve information from the raw USB flash memory drive with data recovery software

We have the ability to restore files from the USB flash memory drive which is not formatted. So we can solve the USB flash memory drive raw problem by retrieving the needed data and then formatting the USB flash drive. The data recovery tool can help us get what we need back form the raw flash memory drive. Here are the steps below:

Recover data from raw USB flash memory drive

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the USB flash memory drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.

1Connect the USB flash memory drive which is not formatted to the computer.
2Download the data recovery software and launch it on the same computer.
3Run the data restoration program and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files in the list. Pick up the needed to recover.

Data loss situation we may meet when use the USB flash memory drive

It is not the only data loss case that the USB flash memory drive turns to raw. On that case, we can not open to use the flash memory drive before format it. So we lose contents saved on the USB flash memory drive previously to some extent. But we can get then back thanks to the data recovery tool. In fact, there are some other data loss cases besides the USB flash memory drive unformatted one. And we can ask the data recovery program for help when meet them. Here are some of them as follows:

1. The formatting operation. We may format the USB flash memory drive accidentally or intentionally some times, and like the unformat/raw case, we will lose files and folders saved on it in the past. But the truth is that those documents are not erased at that time, and could be scanned to recover by data restoration tool. What we should pay attention to is not to let other new data overwrite them.

2. The deletion thing. The information saved on the USB flash memory drive may be deleted directly or indirectly, such as shift delete option. We may feel anxious if they are deleted by mistake; especially those files are special and precious and have no backup. What should we do then? Don’t worry, as data recovery tool can help us restore those losses.

3. The virus infection. Virus infection belongs to the logical reason that cause the data lost form the USB flash memory drive. So data recovery program could help of solve such data loss problem. The USB flash memory drive may be infected by virus and worms when they hidden in the files which are saved on the flash memory drive as general.

4. Other similar logical data corruption cases to USB flash memory drive.

Other storage devices may become to raw

We can ask the data recovery software for help when the USB flash memory drive turns to raw and can not be used. What we should know is that the raw error is not specialized for USB flash memory drive only. Other storage devices such as external hard disk, hard disk, SD card, CF card, micro SD card, MMC card, memory stick, XD picture card, and other storage memories also may become raw due to some reasons. Fortunately, we can also restore files form them by data recovery tool.

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