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Raw ADATA external hard drive not formatted

Have you ever been asked to format the ADATA external hard drive? You need to format the disk in drive R before you can use it. Do you want to format it now? If we runs computer on windows, we may see information above when the portable hard drive get into not formatted error. In other words, the external hard drive is in raw file system problem at that time. Do you have any idea what to do if need to access files saved on that problematic hard disk drive previously? Actually, there is a possible way.

Example of ADATA external hard drive turning to raw

Help, help, please. My ADATA external hard drive shows raw files system error and can not be used normally. What's more, system asks me to format the portable hard drive before I can use it. But what about files saved on the raw external hard drive at the previous time? They are vital and crucial and I still need to use them in my work. Is there any possible way for me to use the raw portable external usb normally without losing the original information? Help me, please. –Ellen from LA

How to restore files from ADATA external hard drive when it is in not formatted error

We may be able to use external hard drive when it turns to raw normally again without data loss problem. The way is to recover data needed and useful from the external hard drive which is not formatted and then format it. We can ask data recovery tool for help so as to recover lost data. Here are the steps as follows:

Recover data from RAW external hard disk

Preparation: You can download and install the data recovery software on your computer after connecting the external hard disk. Then, you need to run the software and choose a recovery module.

1Download the data recovery software and install it on the computer.
2Connect the raw external hard drive to the computer.
3Operate the data restoration tool on the computer and choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the contents after the scan in order and then pick up the needed to recover.

Attention should be paid when ADATA external hard drive become raw

Some people complain that they can not recover what they need or just restore part of they need from the external hard drive which is in not formatted error according to steps above. It is normal that we may not be able retrieve needed files from the raw with the help of data recovery software. Why we should meet failure when get files back with data recovery tool? The reason is that we may do something improper after the external hard drive shows raw file system problem. So we should be careful when the portable hard drive is in not formatted error. Here are some tips below:

1. Do not format the raw external hard drive. We should not format the raw external hard drive at once though be asked by the system and can not use it. We can format the problematic portable hard drive without hesitation if there are not files important saved on the external hard drive at the previous time when the external hard drive is in normal file system. We may damage those original files and may cause the failure to recover them if we format the raw external hard drive to FAT32 or NTFS.

2. Do not select the raw external hard drive as the location to save data recovery tool and files to be restored. We should choose one of the computer hard disks as the location to save data recovery program when install it and files to be restored after recovering them. Actually, we can not save them on the aim disk on which the data recovery tool will start to scan.

3. Do not keep using the raw external hard drive. It is better not to use the raw portable hard drive until all we need have been restored successfully. For example, we should not perform chkdsk on the external hard drive when it is in not formatted if we need to recover files from it. What’s more, the best way to avoid using the raw external hard drive is to plug it out of computer before get the way to restore needed information.

4. Other tips to recover all needed files from the raw external hard drive.

Popular brands of external hard drive

Have you ever heard of WD, Seagate, Toshiba, HGST, SAMSUNG, Intel, Micron, OCZ, Kingston or other brands? Like ADATA, they are also the popular brands of external hard drive in the market. We can buy one from them if needed and if they turn to raw, we can also use data recovery tool to recovery what we need from them.

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