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RAW USB flash drive
Have you ever met the raw USB flash drive? Or do you have any idea what the raw pen drive is? As a matter of fact, raw is a kind of file system. But it is an error. As a result, the raw usb flash drive is a problematic pen stick. We can not use the raw pen stick normally. In other words, files or folders saved on the USB flash drive at the previous time are inaccessible in the raw case. What if they are vital or crucial? Actually, we can try to retrieve them from the raw usb flash drive at that time.
Case of USB flash drive turning to raw
I did not know why or when my usb flash drive turns to raw file system, but it is raw at present. I know raw is a kind of system error, so I was not surprised when I can not open the pen sticks after knowing its raw error. But I felt anxious because I had no idea to view contents saved on the usb flash drive at the original time. Can you kindly tell me what I should do to access those previous files, because they are useful and important, indeed? By the way, should I format the raw drive? -Mira from Detroit
How to recover original files from the raw USB flash drive with data recovery software
The flexible way to restore the information saved on the usb flash drive at the original time when it becomes raw file system is to use data recovery software. So we can try to get files needed from the raw pen drive with data recovery program. The following steps can tell us how to perform one by one:
Recover data from flash drive
Preparation: Connect the USB flash drive to your computer and download the data recovery software. Then, you can install and run the data recovery software and select a recovery module.
Situations that the USB flash drive become raw file system
Have your usb flash drive ever turned to raw file system? It may irritate most of us if we have no idea how to solve the pen drive raw problem. As we all know, the reason is that the USB flash drive is unusable when it is raw file system. For example, we can not open the raw pen stick, not to mention access its old information or store new files or folders on it. We have known that we can try to access those original contents by retrieving them from the raw pen stick with data recovery program. But do you know in which situation the usb flash drive may become raw file system? Here are some of them as follows:
1. The USB flash drive is not formatted. We need to format the raw pen drive before we can use it normally, so one of the reasons of the usb flash drive turn to raw file system is nit format. Sometimes we need to format the pen stick, such as the first time using. In that case, it is better to perform files recovery on the raw USB flash drive at first and then format it to use it normally.
2. The pen drive is infected by virus. The usb flash drive may turn to raw file system if it was infected by virus and worms. What’s more, we would see information like disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now in that case. So we should be careful to use the pen stick in case of virus infection. For instance, files looks weird should not be stored on the USB flash drive.
3. There are bad sectors on the pen drive. The usb flash drive may become raw file system if there is something going wrong in the pen drive internal structure, such as the bad sectors on it. But we should not perform check disk operation on the raw USB flash drive if we want to get the original information back from it, because we may fail to perform files recovery in that case.
4. Other situations that the USB flash drive turns to raw file system.
Brands of USB flash drive may show raw error
Nearly all brands of USB flash drive may turn to raw file system, such as Kingston, Sandisk, ADATA, Teclast, HP, PNY, Patriot, Apacer, Netac, SSK, and so forth. But we do not need to worry too much, because we can ask data recovery program for help to restore files needed from them when they are raw file system.
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