Raw filesystem to ntfs

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xyloreinelace Posts 14 Registration date Friday May 15, 2015 Status Member Last seen May 25, 2015 - May 25, 2015 at 10:14 PM
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Hello, I have external hard disk and it change to raw filesystem how can I convert this to ntfs...???

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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
May 26, 2015 at 04:53 AM
Hi xyloreinelace,

I presume the drive is not accessible. If the file system changed suddenly, this could indicate a hard drive issue. RAW means that your OS can not recognize the drive's file system. There are some ways to try to format to NTFS, but the important thing is why the issue appeared. I strongly recommend you to download the hard drive manufacturer's diagnostic tool and do a complete scan. Do you have valuable data in that drive?

Hope this helps
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xylorienelace
May 26, 2015 at 06:03 AM
Thank you actually I already got my datas, what I want is just to format my external and it suddenly become raw file system, I try to do the thing you mentioned..
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Nov 19, 2015 at 09:54 PM
well.all you need is just a MniTool partition wizard.
convert to FAT32 or NTFS just few clicks

good luck
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Alice_Phoebe Posts 21 Registration date Monday May 25, 2015 Status Member Last seen August 9, 2015 2
May 25, 2015 at 10:51 PM
Raw drive is not formatted has not been formatted with the file system neither FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 nor NTFS/NTFS5.

so far as I know there is no tool can change your raw back to ntfs but you can restore files from the raw disk.
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Computertech Posts 3569 Registration date Friday February 6, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen July 18, 2016 892
May 26, 2015 at 04:04 AM
Hello xyloreinelace,
Open a command prompt:
Click on Start > Run > Type "cmd" and press Enter.

Enter the following command to scan your partition:
chkdsk X
Replace X by the letter assigned to the faulty partition.

If indeed there were conversion from NTFS to RAW, Windows will indicate the presence of bad clusters.
To correct these errors, enter the following command:
chkdsk X: /F
Replace X by the letter assigned to the faulty partition.


IT Technician
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xylorienelace
May 26, 2015 at 06:20 AM
hello, I already try this ine but chkdsk is not available for raw file system
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Computertech Posts 3569 Registration date Friday February 6, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen July 18, 2016 892
May 26, 2015 at 07:01 AM
what about right click on the external hard disk in disk management and select format?
or use third party software to do this
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xylorienelace
May 26, 2015 at 08:12 AM
i am using testdisk software but idont know if this will work... how do I know if the external hdd hardware is damage??
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Computertech Posts 3569 Registration date Friday February 6, 2015 Status Moderator Last seen July 18, 2016 892
May 26, 2015 at 08:16 AM
It never detect in your computer or in BIOS.. it behaves strange thing..suddenly stop working, hearing strange noises, pc crashes show blue screen, low speed
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