Formatting a drive to NTFS without losing data. This is a discussion on formatting a drive to NTFS without losing data within the Windows XP Support forums, part of the Tech Support Forum category. I have an almost 15GB video file that I want to put on my external 2 TB USB hard drive. Use “Recover partition” mode to recover files Convert a exFAT. 10,Convert FAT32 to NTFS Without Formatting or Losing Data,convert fat32.
Windows supports NTFS, FAT (FAT12/FAT16/FAT32), Live File System, REFS, and exFAT file systems. Any storage media with a file system other than the supported ones are not accessible and recognized as RAW format drive in Windows (see screenshot). Also, a hard drive without any file system or damaged file system is also detected as a RAW drive by the Windows OS.Malware & virus infection, corrupt files, system crash, abrupt shutdown, removing drive without ejecting, etc. Can lead to file system errors, which can turn a healthy drive or partition into a RAW partition.Therefore, a RAW format drive doesn’t necessarily mean that the drive is damaged or corrupt. However, if the drive was accessible earlier and now it isn’t, it most probably is corrupt.Convert RAW Format Hard Drive to NTFSTo convert a RAW format hard drive to NTFS, just format the hard drive by using the Disk Management tool.But beware!Formatting permanently erases all the data contained in the affected RAW drive. Thus, before you convert RAW format hard drive to NTFS, make sure you have the required data backup available. If there’s no backup, consider fixing the corruption with Windows proprietary tools and utilities.
Otherwise, you will end up losing all the data permanently.IMPORTANT NOTE: Windows may prompt to format the RAW drive. DO NOT click ‘ Format’ if such prompt message appears (see screenshot below).
Hit ‘ Cancel’Fixing the RAW Format Hard DriveTo help you, we have listed a few methods that can help fix the file system errors and the drive corruption. However, in case the fixes don’t work, we still can get back the inaccessible data from such a corrupt hard drive. So follow the fixes carefully.1. Run Error Checking Tool. Open ‘ File Explorer’ and right-click on the RAW format hard drive volumeIf the drive isn’t visible in File Explorer, use Disk Management tool and assign a drive letter to it.
DO NOT FORMAT. Select Properties and click ‘ Tools’ tab. Click the ‘ Check’ button.
Click ‘ Scan Drive’Wait for a while until the scan and repair process is finished. Restart the system or reconnect the drive and try accessing the volume by using Windows File Explorer.CAUTION: After clicking ‘ Check,’ if a prompt message (see screenshot below) asking to format the drive appears; click ‘ No’ to avoid permanent data loss. And use the subsequent fixes.2. Run CHKDSK ScanIf you see the prompt to format the drive while running the error-checking tool, run CHKDSK scan on the affected drive volume.
Press Windows+S and type cmd. Right-click on ‘ Command Prompt’ and select ‘ Run as administrator’ (see screenshot). In the command prompt window, type chkdsk /r /f X: and press ‘ Enter’Here X: is the drive letter that turned RAW (see screenshot below)After CHKDSK scan is finished, reboot the system or reconnect the external drive to access it.3. Scan the Drive for Inaccessible DataIn case you are not able to access the corrupt drive even after running the error-checking tool and CHKDSK scan, install on a Windows PC. The software natively recognizes a RAW drive and lets you access the data from a corrupt RAW format hard drive. So use the software to backup data and convert a RAW format hard drive to NTFS without losing data.Just follow these steps:.
Category jarvis rainmeter for mac pro. Run the software. Select what data you want to recover and then click ‘ Next.’Then select the RAW format hard drive volume under ‘ Connected Drives’.
Turn on the ‘ Deep Scan’ toggle switch located at the bottom of the software window and click ‘ Scan.’Deep Scan takes time depending on the storage media size and I/O speed. I am in desperate need of help but couldn’t reach anyone at Stellar.I have a 1tb WD had. I used the demo/standard version to see if I can actually recover anything from the aforementioned corrupted had.
After 2 months (!) of scanning I saw the data is there as RAW format. Hoping a premium version will help I bought it. But the Kay doesn’t accepted in a standard version. I am highly disappointed.I don’t want to purchase a standard version for extra money or to do a scan for another 2 months in the premium version.Someone from stellar plz help me in this! My had has 10 yrs worth of photos.