By Michael | Last Updated
What is RAW? To understand it better, let's know what file system is at first. File system works on telling the Windows OS about how to store, name and organize files in the hard drive. And RAW is a kind of file system that indicates a state of your hard drive which has no or unknown file system. It can be said as a file system error sometimes.
When a partition becomes RAW, it cannot be identified by Windows OS and is inaccessible. To enable you to continue using the Partition that gets RAW, Windows would prompt you to format it. If nothing is important in the RAW partition, formatting is an effective way to fix RAW drives indeed. But what if the partition saves many valuable files and how can you recover data from the RAW partition at this moment? Don't worry, because there are still available ways for you to recover RAW partitions without losing data and here is a proven one.
Step 1: Download and install iSunshare BitGenius on your Windows computer.
iSunshare BitGenius is an intelligent data recovery tool for Windows. It can effectively and efficiently recover lost data from RAW partitions, formatted volumes, emptied Recycle Bin, virus infected drives, etc. With the help of it, you can recover data from RAW partition with the highest possibility.
Step 2: Set the RAW partition to scan.
Open BitGenius and choose the RAW partition to scan. Then hit Start to begin the scanning process.
Step 3: Check files to recover.
After clicking Start, the RAW partition would be scanned with 2 modes: quick scanning and deep scanning so that lost files are fully found out. When you see "Scan Finished!", you can head to each folder in the left pane and check the files you want for recovery.
Step 4: Start recovering data from the RAW Partition.
Hit Recover in the lower right corner and then set a different partition to save the recovered files.
Step 5: View the recovered files.
Once the data recovery is done, a Tips box will be popped out and you can select its Yes option to check the recovered data instantly.
Need to recover files from the RAW hard drive? You can achieve it by repeating Step 2-4 above until all partitions are scanned for lost files and you successfully retrieve files you want.
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