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Flash USB/Memory/Drive Is RAW
Do you know how to cope with the raw system flash USB/Memory/Drive? Or have you got any idea about raw flash drive? There is nothing you can do if you have just met a raw flash drive. For example, you can not save new data on it, you can not remove information from it, and even you can not access it. How to make your files and folders available again? Retrieving your lost data first by data recovery software is the best choice.
Cases of raw drive
My Seagate external hard disk becomes inaccessible without any sign. It gives me no reaction when I double click on it or open it. What's going wrong with it? My friend tells me the reason is my Seagate external hard disk turns to raw, but he does not have any idea about how to fix it. What am I supposed to do to restore the lost information? Those files are really important for me. Please help me. – Flora from California
How to recover data from raw memory card or USB stick
Retrieving data from raw flash drive is not that hard as a matter of fact. Data recovery software could help you find back your losses entirely. Here is the simple using introduction below:
Recover data from raw usb memory drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Launch the software and go to a proper recovery module.
Disk properties when the flash drive is raw
If you don't know the reason you can not view the information saved on the flash drive is that it turn to raw, you can check its property. You could know that your flash drive is raw if you saw the following information:
Used space is 0 bytes, free space show 0 bytes, and the file system is raw.
You should restore files which are important for you on it by data recovery software. You could retrieve them all quickly and easily. By the way, you don’t need to be a computer or data expert at all. But you may feel you are one after you retrieve all the losses. Then you could decide which system the recovered data is.
Reasons that disk turn to raw system
Does your flash drive turn to raw dramatically? You not only need to restore data saved on it fully but also get to know how it happens. There are some common reasons as follows:
1. Instability exists in flash drive sector.
2. Flash drive has bad sectors.
3. Flash drive was infected by worms and virus.
4. Power failure while the flash drive is still working such as reading and writing.
In fact, you could avoid some of situations above to lessen the chance to make the flash drive become to raw system. Just as that saying goes, precaution is more important than retrieval.
Which kind of storage device could become to raw system
There are so many kinds of storage devices, such as external hard disk RAW , memory card RAW and USB stick RAW, etc. Is there any storage devices will never turn to raw? Absolutely there is not such kind of storage devices. Any of them may become raw disk if they infected by virus and worms or other reasons of improper usage.
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