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Raw PWR External Hard Drive not formatted

Which kind of problem have you ever met when use the PWR external hard drive? Today let us talk about the external hard drive not formatted problem. Have you ever met it? When the portable hard drive turns to raw, which means it is not formatted, we can not use it until format it. So we can infer that we would lose files on the external hard drive in that case. How can we access them again when the portable external usb is raw? Actually, we may be able to recover them with data recovery tool.

Case of PWR external hard drive turning to raw

Do you know the solution to PWR external hard drive not formatted problem? My portable hard drive can not be used and I am asked to format it by the system. I have checked its disk properties and get it is raw file system. I know raw is a kind of system error but I do not know how to fix it. What should I do if I want to access files saved on the external hard drive originally? Those files are vital and crucial for me. Is there any possibility for me to recover them now? -Sara from New York

How to recover information from PWR external hard drive not formatted with data recovery software

It is possible for us to access files on the raw external hard drive after recovering them with the help of data recovery tool. What we should pay attention to is not to format the problematic portable hard drive according to the system suggestion but to recover needed information at first and then format it. Here are the steps below:

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.

1Connect the raw external hard drive to the computer.
2Download and launch data recovery software on the computer.
3Run the data restoration program on computer. Choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan, later.
4Wait to preview the restorable files which displayed in the list and then pick up the needed to recover.

Different data loss situations happen to PWR external hard drive

We may lose information on the PWR external hard drive when use it due to other reasons other than it turns to raw case. It is normal that there are other data loss situations we may meet when read or write data on the portable hard disk drive. Can we get the lost data back from the external hard drive after losing them because of other reasons? Actually, there is also a chance for us to restore lost information from the external hard drive in some cases. Here are some of them as follows:

1. Files saved on the external hard drive are deleted or the portable hard drive is formatted. It is obvious that we will lose data on the external hard drive if we delete them or format the portable hard disk drive. But we should not worry about it. if we need to access those lost files again, we may be able to get them back from the formatted external hard drive or not formatted one with the help of data recovery tool as long as they have not been overwritten.

2. The external hard drive is infected by virus. Virus and worms infection is one of the common data loss reasons which result data lost from the external hard drive when we use it. Maybe the consequences of virus attacks to portable hard drive are various, but the same point is to lose files saved on it at the previous time. If we have to use those original data, data recovery tool may be helpful, too.

3. The information is lost due to incorrect usage to external hard drive. If we do not use the portable hard disk drive properly, we may lose its data without consciousness. For example, we may lose files if plug the external hard drive out of computer directly or abruptly. The correct way to remove portable hard drive from computer is to close all the related programs at first and then click on the external hard drive button to let it show the safe removal information.

4. Other logical data loss situations that happen when we use the external hard drive.

Storage devices can be fixed after becoming raw

Have you ever seen the raw hard disk, raw memory stick, raw pen drive, raw SD card, raw CF card, raw MMC card, and other raw storage devices? Don't worry if you have troubled by them, because we may also be able to recover data from those storage devices which are in not formatted error with the help of data recovery software, like raw external hard drive recovery.

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