Internal SSD Showing Up as RAW

Hi, I'm Robinson, and I’m happy to help you today.

I know how frustrating this may be for you but I'll do my very best to help you.

When you see a RAW partition in Windows, this means the system does not recognize the file structure on the partition. If a partition somehow becomes corrupted it may also report as RAW.

The first thing that you can try is scanning your SSD for errors, most manufacturers have tools to scan and repair the SSD. If you can not find the repair tool from your SSD manufacturer, you can use the Seatool bootable.

https://www.seagate.com/files/old-support-files...

https://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/kb/how-to...

You can see more information about the RAW partition at these links.

https://www.crucial.com/support/articles-faq-ss....

https://www.easeus.com/resource/convert-raw-ntf...

https://wethegeek.com/convert-raw-to-ntfs-witho...

https://www.diskgenius.com/how-to/change-raw-to...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products).

RAW means that the hard drive is not formatted. To be usable, a hard drive needs to be formatted with a file system. Windows uses the NTFS file system.

Please note: A RAW hard drive is not unusable because it has errors. It is unusable because it is not formatted.

If a RAW hard drive previously contained files, those files are lost. You'll need to hire a professional data recovery organization to have any chance of recovering those files.

This is another situation that illustrates the importance of backing up. If you had an image of your hard drive, you could restore it in literally minutes, and be back at work as if nothing happened.