Since Windows 7 operating system is widely used among computer users but few of them have a good knowledge of Windows 7 OS, they often have no idea to deal with the hard disk RAW drive error on Windows 7 operating system. Therefore, this article will introduce the method to recover files from a RAW hard disk drive on Windows 7 OS.
Files are Recoverable from RAW Disk on Windows 7
If you have a backup of your disk data, the data recovery would be quite simple. However, for whatever reason, few people like to backup disk data. Therefore, when a hard disk has changed its file system to RAW and disables you to access the data stored on the drive, the only method you can access the files is to use data recovery software like iCare Data Recovery to perform data recovery. You can free download iCare Data Recovery and install it on your computer. Then you are able to run the software to scan the RAW disk partition so that the software can help you find the lost files. The software is compatible with Windows 7 operating system perfectly.
Guide: Recover RAW Drive Files within 4 Steps
Step1. Free download and install iCare Data Recovery on computer. Run the software can select "Deep Scan Recovery" module.
Step2. Choose the RAW partition and click "Recover" button, and the software will begin to scan.
Step3. You just need to wait when the software is scanning. If there are bad sectors on the disk partition, it may take a longer time to scan the partition. You can stop to see what have been found before the scanning is completed.
Step4. If lost files have been found, you can preview them. Then choose the lost files and click "Save Files" button to save the selected files.
Pay Attention
- When a hard disk has RAW file system, Windows operating system may ask you to format the disk. It is highly recommended you not to format the disk before files have been restored.
- If you accidentally format the hard disk when it shows RAW file system without recovering its data, you had better stop writing new files to the formatted partition but you should run iCare Data Recovery to perform data recovery as soon as possible.
- When you want to save the recovered files, you cannot save them to the original disk partition which has RAW drive error. You had better store them to an external storage device.
- When files have been restored, you had better backup the important files to avoid data loss again.
Hard Disk Drive RAW Error Message
A hard disk drive RAW error can be caused by various reasons, so the error message is accordingly quite different. Some common error messages related to RAW drive error on Windows 7 include the following:
- You need to format disk in drive before you can use it.
- Sector not found message
- Invalid media type reading drive. Abort, Retry, Fail?
- Bad sectors on hard disk drive
- Windows cannot format the disk partition message
- Read/write error on hard disk drive
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