The article summarizes on how to fix ‘CHKDSK not available for raw drives’ error. The data residing on your RAW is not completely lost or inaccessible before formatting. Download Remo Recover now to easily get back your lost or deleted data from the RAW drive prior formatting. Follow the listed methods to fix the CHKDSK error
When your SD card, USB, or hard drive is not performing properly and showing errors, it could show signs of corruption. One reliable way to check and fix the corruption is to run the CHKDSK command. But if the CHKDSK cannot check the drive and returns the error message “CHKDSK not available for raw drives,” what does it mean? To find out why you got this error message and to overcome this problem, continue reading the article.
In simple terms, the error “CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives” usually occurs when the command CHKDSK cannot be used on the drive with the RAW format. Many Windows commands don't work on RAW drives because Windows cannot access that drive. This is the reason why the error code usually occurs.
In the below write-up, we guide you with hassle-free solutions on how to fix the CHKDSK error code easily.
To understand why this error occurred, you must know how the chkdsk command works. When you run the chkdsk command, it checks the logical and physical errors in the file system and the data in the volume.
But when your drive does not have a proper file system and has turned RAW, CHKDSK will be unable to locate the file system and its data in the volume. Therefore, you will get a return message stating, “chdksk not available for raw drives.”
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Format the External/Internal drive with a New File System
The simple fix here is to format the storage drive with a file system such as FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, etc. By doing so the RAW drive will get a new file system, making it a usable drive. Hence, you need to format the disk in a drive that has turned raw.
However, formatting the drive will erase all the data, such as photos, videos, etc. Hence, you must recover the data from an inaccessible SD card, USB, or hard drive before formatting.
Recovering a RAW SD card or any other storage drive is not as easy as the drive is inaccessible.
The absence of a file system makes manually accessing a RAW drive impossible. Only a powerful data recovery tool can recover data from inaccessible storage. Remo Recover is an automated solution that efficiently recovers the RAW drive. Enabled with a deep scan algorithm, the tool glides through every sector to recover data from the storage. Download and try the software for free now.
Follow the below steps to start the recovery process from your raw hard drive:
Once the data is recovered, you can format the SD card to fix the “CHKDSK not available for raw drives” error.
Note - As recommended before, it is a priority to recover your data from the RAW drive and then follow the listed methods
Follow the below-mentioned steps to format and get rid of chdksk not available for raw drives error.
Once the SD card is formatted, all the errors in the card will be fixed. You can now use an SD card without any problems.
There is a similar error which doesn't allow the user to check disk and throw the error saying Windows Cannot access the disk. Check this article to read more about it.
Conclusion
Formatting the storage not only resolves the “chdksk not available for raw drives” error alone. This solution also fixes most of the errors on the drive. In order to be prepared for such data loss situations, keep backing up the data promptly. If you have any doubts or questions about this information, kindly ask in the comment section below.
A drive that does not have a file system is called to be a RAW drive. The RAW drive is usually inaccessible, and its data will be lost or deleted. Hence, we always recommend you take a backup of your hard disk, which has turned RAW or is inaccessible.
The data is usually lost or erased permanently from the drive after formatting the RAW drive. After assigning a new file system, the system will be as good as the new one.
The data loss is inevitable if you format the RAW drive to your desired file system. However, with the help of a reliable data recovery utility, you can easily get back the files.