Reading a RAW hard drive

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ml500 Posted messages 791 Status Member -  
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Hello,

I have an IDE hard drive with two partitions, but suddenly one partition shows a RAW file system and the other NTFS.

How can I recover the files that were on the RAW partition that no longer opens?

Please help me

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 10.0.2

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  1. Phènix 64 Posted messages 11784 Status Contributor 2 198
     
    Hello!

    Maybe this discussion could help you.

    https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-2257138-partition-ntfs-transformee-en-raw#1

    Best regards.

    Just type the command "chkdsk D:" (for the D: partition) in cmd.exe to scan D:. If the NTFS format has indeed been converted to RAW, as I experienced, Windows will clearly indicate that there are defective clusters. To fix the errors, type the command: "chkdsk D: /F" still in cmd.exe...
    In one minute the problem was resolved, the partition was once again recognized as NTFS by Windows, all data intact, etc.
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    1. ratmaemi
       
      Thank you! I was able to recover the use of my hard drive and, in the process, my data.
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    2. Padawan97
       
      Thanks for the trick!
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