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Raw LaCie External Hard Drive not formatted

We may be asked to format the LaCie external hard drive before we can use it because of its raw file system. We can format it if we just want to use the portable hard drive normally again. What if we want to get files which saved on the external hard drive at the previous back? We can recover them, indeed. We should restore those needed files at first and then format raw external hard disk drive in that case. The way to restore information from the raw external drive is to use data recovery tool.

Case of LaCie external hard drive becoming raw

My LaCie external hard drive turned to raw recently. I checked its disk properties by accident the other day, but to my surprise, both the free space and the used space are 0 byte. But I had saved a lot of files on it previously. What's more, the file system is raw. I had no idea what was going on and I could not open the portable hard drive after knowing it was raw file system. How can I access files and folders stored on it at the previous time when the external drive is not formatted? -Ratty from Washington

How to restore files from the LaCie external hard drive not formatted with data recovery software

As we have known, the way to recover data from the LaCie external hard drive when it is in not formatted problem is to use data recovery software. It can help us get what we need from the raw portable hard drive easily and quickly. The following steps can help us make it clear how to perform step by step:

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.

1Insert the not formatted external hard drive to the computer.
2Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
3Run the data restoration tool on the computer. Choose the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files after the scan and then pick up the needed to recover.

Proper way to use LaCie external hard drive

It is annoying to meet such problem that external hard drive need to be formatted before we can use it, so do other data loss cases. The reason is that no matter how many useful or important files have been saved on the portable hard drive, we can not view them any more on that condition. The external hard drive become raw file system may due to the incorrect usage to portable hard disk drive, or it may because of other reason. No matter what the reason is, it is necessary for us to use the external hard drive properly. Here are some guide tips as follows:

1. Pick up carefully when store files on the external hard drive. It is normal that we need to save many different files on the portable hard drive. What we should pay attention to is that not to store all files on the portable external usb, such as the suspicious data should be avoided. Those files may contain harmful matters such as virus and worms. If the external hard drive is infected by virus, we may have to face a raw portable external usb.

2. Plug the external hard drive out of computer safely. When do not use the portable hard drive or need to use it on other computer, we need to plug it out of the computer which the external hard drive connected now. Easy as it is, we also should be careful when remove the portable hard drive from the computer. We should not unplug it directly but safely. At first, we can close all the related programs, and then click on the external hard drive icon and follow its safe information to plug it out of computer.

3. Do not save new data on the external hard drive when need to recover data from it. We should not store new information on the portable hard drive until all needed and wanted files have been retrieved successfully. We may need to get lost files back form the external hard drive after formatting it or delete those contents or due to other reasons. No matter which situation is, we should save new data on the portable hard disk drive till all need retrieved in case of overwriting.

4. Other tips to use the external hard drive properly.

Brief introduction to LaCie external hard drive

LACIE is a brand of memory drive which comes from France. LaCie external hard drive is one of its products. The memory capacity of LaCie varies from 2T to 4T. Besides portable hard drive, we can also buy other storage devices such as USB stick, hard disk, internet memory drive, and other devices from LACIE, too.

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