Computers Has Anyone Had a USB HD get a RAW partition error? - Page 2

**Baby Lee** · 10:02 AM

Had the electricity go off when in use and now the data is there but the OS can't see it and the HD can't be formatted even if willing to sacrifice the data.

Online solutions range from very complex to just using seatools on advanced

I'm in the middle of a ~24 hour session of easeUS, which seemed to be the most highly recommended solution.

It's a 3TB NTFS book style that shows a 370MB RAW partition only that nothing can be done with right now.

What are my chances. I guess at worst I can utilize my warranty, it's 3yr and I bought it this past Xmas.

**Baby Lee** · 06-02-2014, 09:15 AM

Finally got it working, albeit completely blank and formatted. Unfortunately, it was ~2TB of TV. But fortunately just TV [well, some wasn't TV, it was HBO

. . . Actually there was some other non-critical or at least not non-replaceable content].

I have another older external HD I keep critical stuff on, and it was unaffected.

There's no way I could have offloaded 2TB of content elsewhere anyway.

htismaqe · 06-02-2014, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Finally got it working, albeit completely blank and formatted.

I kind of figured you would probably end up with this.

When a drive self-reports a RAW partition of the wrong size, it's usually ****ed.

DaveNull · 06-02-2014, 10:02 AM

Mount the drive with FTK Imager before you give up entirely.

Mr. Laz · 06-02-2014, 11:45 AM

Raw file system just means that it is a file system that is not recognized by Windows. Therefore all the available file system drivers are unable to mount the file system as a drive. Since Windows sees no file system in the partition, it prompts you to format it in order to create a file system on it. Do not format it and or write anything to it.

Repair the partition table and boot sector

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Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	Has Anyone Had a USB HD get a RAW partition error? Had the electricity go off when in use and now the data is there but the OS can't see it and the HD can't be formatted even if willing to sacrifice the data. Online solutions range from very complex to just using seatools on advanced I'm in the middle of a ~24 hour session of easeUS, which seemed to be the most highly recommended solution. It's a 3TB NTFS book style that shows a 370MB RAW partition only that nothing can be done with right now. What are my chances. I guess at worst I can utilize my warranty, it's 3yr and I bought it this past Xmas. Last edited by Baby Lee; 06-01-2014 at 10:02 AM..
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06-02-2014, 09:15 AM	#16
Baby Lee Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6838598	Finally got it working, albeit completely blank and formatted. Unfortunately, it was ~2TB of TV. But fortunately just TV [well, some wasn't TV, it was HBO . . . Actually there was some other non-critical or at least not non-replaceable content]. I have another older external HD I keep critical stuff on, and it was unaffected. There's no way I could have offloaded 2TB of content elsewhere anyway. __________________ We need the kind of courage that can withstand the subtle corruption of the cynics - E.W.
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DaveNull Veteran Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Villa Straylight Casino cash: $10005610	Mount the drive with FTK Imager before you give up entirely.
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06-02-2014, 11:45 AM	#19
Mr. Laz Don't Tease Me Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: KS Casino cash: $11047037	Raw file system just means that it is a file system that is not recognized by Windows. Therefore all the available file system drivers are unable to mount the file system as a drive. Since Windows sees no file system in the partition, it prompts you to format it in order to create a file system on it. Do not format it and or write anything to it. Repair the partition table and boot sector __________________
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