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Can You Recover Data from Seagate External Hard Disk When It Turns to RAW File System
Have you ever met such problem that the external disk turn to raw? Both the free space and used space of a raw external disk are 0 byte, and the whole capacity is also 0 byte. It need to be formatted before can be opened. The problem is how to access information saved on the external disk previously. Either formatting or unformatting action is useless. But it doesn’t mean that there is no way. Those disappeared files could be got back with the help of data recovery software.
Example of Seagate external disk not being formatted
I bought a external disk from Seagate tears ago and it has bring much convenience to my whole life. But system prompted me to format it before I can use and the file system of Seagate external disk showed raw. What is the matter? It could be used normally last night, but could not work normally just now. I need to access files saved on the external disk through the past days urgently. But it could not be opened before being formatted. What should I supposed to do? Anyone could kindly help me? -Lucy from LA
How to restore files from the raw external disk with the help of data recovery software
Those disappeared files could be retrieved under the help of data recovery software. It could help us restore information from the external disk which is not formatted just quickly and safely. But we should not format the Seagate external disk immediately before the needed have been restored. The following steps will show you how to perform:
Recover data from seagate external disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the Seagate external hard disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Way to protect data saved on the external disk from being lost
It will influence our mood severely if we lose some important files saved on the external disk due to some reasons accidentally. It is better to protect them from being lost than regret what had happened after they are losing. It is necessary to make sure we will not lose those files from external disk though data recovery tool could retrieve them after being lost. Here are some tips as follows:
1. Use the external disk correctly. Some people use the external disk casually every time. So it is likely for them to lose that data. To protect those files from being lost, we should not put the external disk in the dangerous place, we should plug the external disk out of computer safely, we should connect the external disk to the computer correctly, and other cautions should be paid attention to.
2. Back up the needed files and folders. Some people may do not have the habit to back up files important in daily life. They may think it is unnecessary and time cost. But the truth is such backup is necessary and will not cost much time and energy. The advantage to backup is that we can recover data quickly and easily if we happen to lose them sometimes.
3. Plug the external disk into the computer when the computer operating system works normal and the computer is completely opened. It is not proper to connect the external disk to the computer at any time we want. We may lose data saved on it if we insert the external disk at the wrong time. We should be careful even if the data recovery program could find back the lost information.
4. Other similar necessary precautions to protect information on external disk from being lost.
Different kind of file system
Raw external disk means that the file system or disk property of external disk is raw. Raw file system is one kind of file system that not be formatted and can not be used normally, it is mainly a file system error. Besides raw file system, there are also other types of file system, such as FAT, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and so forth. Each of them has different properties and functions. What's more, exFAT are mainly use to flash memory, but NTFS are not suitable for that.
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