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USB memory stick converted itself into RAW data recovery
Have you ever seen the file system of USB memory stick turn to raw? We can see the file system of usb stick by checking its disk properties on the computer. If it is raw file system, we can not use it normally. It needs to be formatted before we can use if the USB memory stick shows raw file system error. As a result, we can not view files or folders saved on it at the previous time. What we can do? Actually, we can try to get them back from the raw USB memory stick.
Cases of USB memory stick converts to raw file system
My USB memory stick turns to raw file system suddenly and I do not know what the reason is. I can not open the USB memory stick so I have a check to its disk properties, but to my surprise, the file system of it is raw. What's more, both the free space and used space are 0 byte. It means that files saved on it at the previous time are erased and new data can not be stored it, either. What should I do if I want to access those original contents again when the USB memory stick is raw? -Sally from LA
How to recover data from the raw USB memory stick with data recovery software
The way to try to get the files saved on the USB memory stick at the previous time when is convert to raw file system is to use the data recovery software. It may help us retrieve contents needed from the raw USB memory stick quickly. The following steps will tell us how to perform the file recovery from raw USB memory stick:
Recover data from raw usb memory stick
Preparation: You can connect the usb memory stick to your computer. Then, download and install the data recovery software on your computer. Finally, you can run the software and choose a recovery module after entering the main interface of the software.
Reasons of the USB memory stick convert to raw
It will not take us much time or energy to recover files from the USB memory stick when it is raw file system. Steps above are easy and simple, so we can have a try if we want to read information saved on the raw USB memory stick. Do you know why the USB memory stick should become raw file system? It is important and necessary for us to know what the reasons is, as we may be able to avoid such terrible situation after knowing the reason. As a matter of fact, the reasons are various. Here are some of them as follows:
1. The USB memory stick is not formatted. Disk is not formatted, do you want o format it now? Information above will appear on the computer screen when the USB memory stick turns to raw file system. It shows that the USB memory stick is not formatted. We can not use the usb stick until format it as soon as possible. Actually, it is better for us to format the USB memory stick when use it at the first time in case of not formatted error during the using of it.
2. The USB memory stick is infected by virus. Most of us have heard or experienced the virus infection when use the USB memory stick. The most serious consequence of virus attacks to USB memory stick is to lose files stored on it at the previous time. But the situations of USB memory stick after the virus infection are various, and the USB memory stick convert into raw file system is one of them. We should be careful to avoid such problem.
3. There are bad sectors on the USB memory stick. One of the reasons of raw USB memory stick is the bad sector on it. We can not view contents saved on the USB memory stick at the old time and we have no way to save new information on the USB memory stick, either in that case. The USB memory stick can be used normally after the format, fortunately.
4. Other reasons of the USB memory stick turn to raw file system and become unusable.
File types can be restored by data recovery program
We can store different types of files on the USB memory stick, such as the pictures files, video files, audio files, word documents, and so forth. By the way, we can perform raw USB memory stick recovery on them with data recovery tool to try to get those entire file types back.
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