Convert Raw to NTFS

Sometimes drive(s) becomes inaccessible and is considered as raw. Drives would contain critical information of the user. The user would not let it go as such. The data somehow should be retrieved.

How to know if the drive has turned Raw?

On accessing the drive, if one of the following errors are displayed then, it indicates that the drive has turned Raw

The disk in drive D: is not formatted.
The type of the file system is RAW
File system is displayed as "RAW" in Disk Management
If file names contain 'weird' or ‘junk’ characters or ‘garbage’ values
If 'Sector not found' messages are displayed
There was an error accessing drive D: The disk is not formatted
Boot device not found

Reasons for the cause of Raw drive

The drive would have been infected by virus
Power surge
System would have suddenly shut down due to power failure
Format failure
Formation of bad sectors
Human errors like deleting of partitions by mistake

Converting Raw drive to NTFS

“Raw” file system is considered as a file system which is installed on the disk, immediately when it is created in the factory. When we try to convert a raw file system to NTFS (file system used on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7) which allows us to store our data like pictures, audio, documents and video, we need to format the drive.

How to prevent raw drives?

Using good anti-virus software
Handling power surges through voltage guards
Using good inverters to avoid abrupt shut down of computers
Proper shut down and proper booting of the system
Perform Chkdsk, when the system prompts due to improper shutdown of the system, previously

Useful Links

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