tH

11/7/2014

Articles & News

Forum

Chart

Recover RAW partition to NTFS [Solved] - Configuration - Windows 7

For IT Pros

Brands

Shopping

Other sites

SEARCH TOM'S HARDWARE

T H E AU T H OR IT Y ON T EC H

TAGS :

Storage

Tom's Hardware

T A G S:

CLOSED

Graphics

Forum

CPUs

Cases

Windows 7

Tablets

Cooling

Motherboards

NTFS

Partition

Sign up | Sign in

Gaming

Smartphones

More

Recover RAW partition to NTFS

Recover RAW partition to NTFS

C onfiguration

Sign in with

W indows 7

Ask the community

Message title

Share

Last response: November 28, 2013 4:21 PM in Windows 7

jbizzle66

Ask your question

December 14, 2012 3:04:47 A M

Hello,
used gparted to copy partition from windows7 laptop to usb ext HD as ntfs partition. iam am

Publish

able to view files and evrything ok. when i reboot into win7 it sees partition as RAW. its says i
need to format it.
g

Latest experts

More about : recover raw partition ntfs

nikoli707

nikoli707
AMD Advocate

Scott_D_Bowen

b
a

December 14, 2012 9:02:48 A M

Your problem isn't quite clear.

- Which partition can you see? ("iam am able to view files and evrything ok.")
- Check the flags on the partition, and check if the USB HDD is GPT or MBR.

SC O RE

williamcummins

CPUs Expert

b
a
jbizzle66

December 24, 2012 11:35:34 PM

to be more clear. i was a victim of the forced update from microsoft. it updated my
computer even though i had automatic updates turned off. after the update my laptop
would get the BSOD upon rebooting. i tried all the restore points with no luck. so i bought
an ext usb hd and copied the partition from my laptop to the unallocated space on my ext
hd. i used gparted from a rescue cd. i verified i was able to see my files on my ext hd. i
then wiped my system clean and re-installed windows. i plugged in my ext usb hd and
was able to see the 2 partitions on it, FAT32 and the NTFS partition i copied from my
laptop that showed up as RAW. WIN7 wanted to format the partition. i could not figure
out how to convert it so i put the rescue cd back in, copied the files from the NTFS partion
that windows7 saw as RAW to the FAT32 partion on my ext usb hd and rebooted my
laptop. win7 now sees the files. so to sum up my problem win7 does not recognize a
NTFS partion coped from one hd to another. it sees it as RAW so how do you convert a
RAW partition to NTFS without losong data?

Also expert in: ASUS,

CPUs, Gaming

Also expert in:

Motherboard, Storage

Tradesman1
AMD Master

SC O RE

b
a

Also expert in: ASUS,

CPUs, Driver

V Scores
+ All badges
G

Forum help

g
g
g

Latest Reports
Related resources

Sapphire's Vapor-X R9 290X 8GB:

The More, The Merrier?

You were looking for "recover raw partition ntfs". You might be interested in the following
threads :
g

How to recover Partition from RAW to NTFS ? - Te ch Support

How do I recover a RAW NTFS partition - Forum

Recover NTFS Partition on RAW Drive - Forum

Seagate NTFS Partition RAW Hirensboot MINI win7 - Te ch Support

NTFS showing as RAW cant read , access , format , partition. - Te ch Support

See all contents in "recover raw partition ntfs"

2014 Mazda5 Sport: Tom's Hardware's

Project Car Update
Sapphire's ITX Compact R9 285: Good
Things In Small Packages
Sharp PN-K321 32-Inch Ultra HD Monitor
Review: More 4K!
Pandora Machine: A Steam Box Made In
Italy

Can't find your answer ? Ask !

Get the answer

How to...

See also

Best solution
hedwar2011

$ Windows 7
b
a

January 26, 2013 3:42:25 A M

SHARE

jbizzle66 said:

Hello,
used gparted to copy partition from windows7 laptop to usb ext HD as ntfs
partition. iam am able to view files and evrything ok. when i reboot into win7 it
sees partition as RAW. its says i need to format it.

SOLVED How to convert RAW to NTFS

without formatting

conversion of RAW file system to NTFS file

system on 500GB Seagate External Hard
Disk
SOLVED convert raw to ntfs easily without
losing data

SOLVED

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/61953-63-recover-partition-ntfs

External HDD changed from NTFS

1/3

11/7/2014

Recover RAW partition to NTFS [Solved] - Configuration - Windows 7

SOLVED External HDD changed from NTFS

to RAW. Is manual recovery safe or do I
consult a computer professional?

There isn't a way to change the partition from RAW to NTFS and keep all the data intact.

SOLVED Convert hard drive from RAW to

NTFS without data loss

There is a method that you might be able to use to get to the data mentioned HERE . It's
definitely worth a shot.

FireWire2

June 12, 2013 5:17:26 PM

SC O RE

Look at this thread:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283116-32-recover-ntf...

arob

July 10, 2013 8:46:31 A M

Had a laptop HDD that went RAW. Searched here and elsewhere for solutions. I really did
not want to pay $50 or so for SW I would use once, besides, I was recovering files for a
friend...

SC O RE

I plugged the drive into a Mac and simply mounted the corrupt drive and copied relevant
data to a USB drive... job done. Surely, a Linux box would be able to do the same.
Sad MS does not have a solution as simple as other OS. Good reason to have a spare
Linux or Mac lying around, or better yet to use these instead of Winders...

Kinanwadi

November 28, 2013 4:21:33 PM

SC O RE

arob said:

Had a laptop HDD that went RAW. Searched here and elsewhere for
solutions. I really did not want to pay $50 or so for SW I would use once, besides,
I was recovering files for a friend...
I plugged the drive into a Mac and simply mounted the corrupt drive and copied
relevant data to a USB drive... job done. Surely, a Linux box would be able to do
the same.
Sad MS does not have a solution as simple as other OS. Good reason to have a
spare Linux or Mac lying around, or better yet to use these instead of Winders...

How u do it ... Tell me

Can't find your answer ? Ask !

How...

Publish

Related resources
recover from raw to ntfs format
SOLVED

RAW HDD partition unformattable, no need to recover data just format.

SOLUTION
SOLUTION

NTFS partition reporting as RAW after running spinrite

FORUM

How to convert a raw partition to ntfs

FORUM

RAW NTFS partition

FORUM

Recovering Files From RAW to NTFS

SOLUTION

how can i recover my data during ntfs partition

SOLUTION

Recover NTFS partition

FORUM

Recover NTFS "C" partition

FORUM

Recovering Data from Raw Partition.

need help recovering ntfs partition with findpart / findntfs

Windows 8 made all partitions RAW - recovered

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/61953-63-recover-partition-ntfs

SOLUTION

FORUM
SOLUTION

2/3

11/7/2014

Recover RAW partition to NTFS [Solved] - Configuration - Windows 7

SOLVED

Hard drive in RAW format when plugged to SATA mobo but NTFS when plugged to USB

mobo
SOLUTION
SOLVED

HDD becomes RAW and NTFS again?

SOLUTION

SOLVED

RAW to NTFS

SOLUTION
More resources

Read discussions in other Windows 7 categories

Configuration
Customization

Drivers
Security

Laptops

Tom's Hardware Around the World

Subscribe to Tom's Hardware

DENMAR K

NO R W AY

FINLAND

R USSIA

FR ANC E

TUR KEY

GER MANY

UK

ITALY

USA

About Tom's Hardware

ADVER TISING

ABO UT US

C O NTAC T

PR IVAC Y

LEGAL

Search the site

E

Ok

C opyright 2014 A Purch C ompany. All Rights Reserved

Tom's Hardware Guide

Ad choices

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/61953-63-recover-partition-ntfs

3/3