'CHKDSK IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RAW DRIVE'

Question

Hi Dear,

 I am Trying to recover data from HDD 400GB. I am using Win 7. It says 'YOU NEED TO FORMAT DRIVE BEFORE USE'. I have used a 'find and mount' software but no luck. Then went for cmd- CHKDSK /F, but it says ' CHKDSK IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RAW DRIVE'. So could you help me for recovering data ?

some people suggest me to go for Linux SUSE, is that be only solution?

Answer 1

Hi Gee,

It seems that, you need more information to recover data from HDD 400GB.

When you Perform chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available on that might be lost.

Use your favorite search engine and find the application which helps to recover data from the HDD 400GB.

Note: Using Third Party Software, including hardware drivers can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from booting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that any problems resulting from the use of Third Party Software can be solved. Using Third Party Software is at your own risk.

You can also refer to:

How can I get Windows 7 to read RAW hard drives without having to format the hard drive due to important work on it?

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-hardware/how-can-i-get-windows-7-to-read-raw-hard-drives/fa425072-72d9-4e4c-b80b-98a3882319b2

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need assistance with Windows, we’ll be glad to assist you!

Answer 2

Since chkdsk command fails to repair file system errors, RAW file system is no longer repairable. Therefore, you have to format RAW drive to create new file system for the corrupted partition. Formatting can be done in Windows Explorer or Disk Management, but you should be aware of the risk involved. Formatting is going to erase all data off the RAW drive, which means you’ll lose everything. Thus it’s not recommended to format it if there are important files in RAW drive. The first and foremost step is recovering data from RAW disk.

Step 1: Launch eassos recovery and select Recover Files from Partition which will list the RAW drive in the partition list.

Step 2: Click the RAW disk you want to recover data and click “Next” button. Then recovery software starts scanning files from it.

Step 3: After the scan, all recoverable files in the RAW disk will be displayed and wait for recovery.  Select files you need and click “Recover” button and you can save files to a location set by yourself.