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RAW Toshiba Hard Disk
What would you do if you happen to find the hard disk on your computer become raw file system? Would you format the hard disk? You can use it if you choose to format the hard disk. But the same consequence as not format the hard disk is that you still can not access files saved on it originally. It is very annoying to meet such an unformatted hard disk problem. But there is a way to solve it. We can restore that information with the help of data recovery software.
Example of encountering a raw Toshiba hard disk
My Toshiba hard disk can not be used normally since two days ago. It can not be opened and the files system is raw when I check its disk properties. I have no idea what should be done to fix such raw hard disk. I need to get back files saved on it earlier and make the hard disk usable again. I have tried some ways which turns out in vain at last. Is there any possible way for me to retrieve those files and save new data on the hard disk which is not formatted now? -April from New York
How to retrieve files from the hard disk not formatted with the help of data recovery software
We can ask the data recovery software for help when meet a hard disk raw problem. And then we can find files what we need back with the assistant of data recovery tool from the hard disk not being formatted. What's more, it will not cost much time to retrieve the lost data. Here are the guiding steps as follows, and please perform them one by one:
Recover data from toshiba hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can run the data recovery software and select a proper recovery module.
Why data recovery tool could get files back from the raw hard disk
You may wonder that why the data recovery tool could restore files and folders from the raw hard disk, which even can not be opened. The main reason is that those files are still saved on the hard disk though it can not be used. They are not erased because of the raw file system. So the data recovery program could scan those contents which seems inaccessible for us when it detect the hard disk and those files have not been overwritten by any new data. As a matter of fact, that data could not be overwritten by any new information, because we can not open it to save new files on it. So what we should pay attention is to make sure there would not be other corruption problem happen to the hard disk and damage its data.
What’s more, the data recovery also could get files back form the formatted hard disk or those files have been deleted, such as shift delete and other data loss situations. Those lost files have not been eliminated after deletion or formatting or other data loss actions, like the raw hard disk. You may think that that data could also be retrieved from the raw hard disk after being formatted. It is true to some extent. You can restore them from the formatted hard disk, but the chance is less than to retrieve them from the raw hard disk before bring formatted. So it is better to get needed files at first and then format the hard disk.
File types that could be got back from the unformatted hard disk
As usual, we tend to save various types of files on the hard disk in daily life, such as movies, songs, TVs, and so forth. So there is a question that which files types could be restored by data recovery tool successfully? It is not difficult to answer, in fact. The data recovery program could save all files saved on the hard disk after being lost due to some reasons. For example, videos, audio files, e-mails, pictures, music, word documents, games, excel, PPT, and so on.
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