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HowtoConvertRAWExternalHDDtoNTFSorHowtoFormatRAWDrive?

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Hello,
IhaveExternalHDD1.5TBandduetounknownreasonicouldnotreadfilefromit.Itriedto
formatitandduetotakingmanydaysistoppeditandnowitshowsRAWHDD.Iwanttomakeit
workinganyway.
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Oh,dear.Thefilesthatwereonitareprobablylost.
Otherthanthat,itsoundslikethedriveis_broken_andyouneedanewone.Youcanalways
1)Removeitfromtheexternalcaseandattachittothemotherboarddirectly.
2)UseDiskManagertoeraseanypartitionsandreinitializethedrive.
3)UseDiskManagertocreateonebigpartition.
4)UseDiskManagertoformatsaidpartition

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I'mafraidthatthepossibilityofrecoveringyourdatawentoutthewindowwhenyou
formattedit.Stillconceivableand,ifyouwantthatdata,don'tdosteps24above.Youcan
alwaysdownloadthemanufacturer'sdiagnosticsandrundiagnosticsonthedrive,toseeifit
testscleanorbroken.

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November13,20118:48:19AM

ThanxWyomingKnot,
Diskformatistakingquitelongtimeandprogressbar(in%)isnotmovingbeyond1%after
waitingevenmorethen24hours.Idon'tunderstandwhattodonow.

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UnlesssomeoneherewhoisbetterwithdrivesthanIamweighsin,inyourpositionIwould
1)Trytoformatitonanothermachine
2)Downloadthemanufacturer'sdiagnosticsandrunthem
3)Throwoutthedriveunlessitpassesbothoftheabove.

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RAWdrivecanbecausedbymanypossiblesreasons.Butnomatterwhatcausedthe
consequence,youhavetoformait,forrawfileordrivecannotworkunderthewindows.
But,ifyoustillwanttogetoutthedatathere,youcantakearecoveryprogramtohaveatry,
suchasRecuva,PCInspector,iCareDataRecoveryFree,andEaseusDataRecovery
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IfyouaregoodwithLinux,youcouldtrypartitioningitwithanyoftheLinuxbuilds,Ubuntu
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betterthanWindowssystemswhenitcomestopartitioning.

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hingoomsaid:

Hello,
IhaveExternalHDD1.5TBandduetounknownreasonicouldnotreadfilefromit.I
triedtoformatitandduetotakingmanydaysistoppeditandnowitshowsRAW
HDD.Iwanttomakeitworkinganyway.

Agreewithrawjiushini,downloadeaseusdatarecoveryforfree,andrecoverdatauwant,then
formatthedisk.
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rawjiushinisaid:

RAWdrivecanbecausedbymanypossiblesreasons.Butnomatterwhatcaused
theconsequence,youhavetoformait,forrawfileordrivecannotworkunderthe
windows.
But,ifyoustillwanttogetoutthedatathere,youcantakearecoveryprogramto
haveatry,suchasRecuva ,PCInspector,iCareDataRecoveryFree ,and
EaseusDataRecoveryWizardFree ,etc.Butiamnotsureyoucanrecoverthem
allbackafterreadingyourdescription.

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Asamatteroffact,lastmonth,myWD2TbdrivealsostrangelybecameRAWandinaccessible.
However,ithadsavedmyhomeworkandpitifullyforgottobackupit.Whatanunluckygirl!
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