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RAW USB Hard Disk / Unformatted RAW USB Drive Data Recovery
Have you ever met a raw USB hard disk? You can not open it or access its information or save new data on it if the USB hard disk you have used is raw file system. The only way to open the raw USB hard disk is to format it. But all files and folders saved on it previously would be lost after the formatting. So it seems that the formatting action is not flexible if those files are useful and important. Actually we can retrieve the needed files from the USB hard disk not formatted at first.
Example of USB hard disk showing raw error
I have no idea how to access data saved on the USB hard disk when it shows raw problem, because I can not open it at all. The file system is raw when I check the disk properties of the USB hard disk. I do not know what does it mean and I also have no idea what should be done to let the USB hard disk usable again. I hope the data which I saved on it previously is still on the USB hard disk when it could be normally used. Is there any possible way for me? -Miranda from New York
How to restore data from the raw USB hard disk with the help of data recovery software
We can retrieve those needed files from the USB hard disk which is not formatted with data recovery tool. It could help us get those files and folders back just within a few minutes. Then we can format the USB hard disk and remove those retrieved contents to it. Here are the steps as follows to show us how to perform:
Recover data from raw USB hard disk
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the USB hard disk to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Attention should be paid to when use the USB hard disk
Most of us use the USB hard disk casually and do not how to use it properly in case of losing files. The reasons of USB hard disk needing to be formatted before we can use it are various, and the incorrect usage is one of them. We can avoid some data loss trouble if we were careful when use the USB hard disk in daily life. Here are some attention below should be paid to when use the USB hard disk:
1. Backup the important files. It is necessary to back up files important and crucial regularly when save them on the USB hard disk. We can get them back easily and quickly if they were lost due to some reasons, such as accidental deletion, formatting, raw error, and so on. What’s more, we do not need to worry about anything when data loss happens with the backup.
2. Think twice when decide to delete files or format the USB hard disk. We should make it clear that are those files saved on the USB hard disk useful or useless when want to delete them or format the USB hard disk. We can delete them if they are not useful anymore, or copy them on other disks when need to format the USB hard disk though data recovery tool could restore them after being lost.
3. Plug the USB hard disk out of computer safely. We should unplug the USB hard disk from computer after seeing the message that now you can remove the portable storage devices from the computer safely. To achieve this, we should close all the related programs and click on the USB hard disk icon in the right corner on the computer.
4. Other notices should be taken of. Do not bend the USB hard disk, for instance.
Storage devices that may encounter raw problem
We have discussed the USB hard disk raw problem, and do you have any idea that whether other storage devices could encounter not formatted error? To tell the truth, nearly all the storage devices may meet the raw problem, and all of them could be fixed after being formatted. What's more, files and folders saved on them could be restored by data recovery tool. Here are some of them below: External hard disk, hard disk, pen drive, Smart Media(SM) card, Compact Flash (CF) card, Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD) card, Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD).
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