RAW partition

Question

I have an ASUS notebook PC running Windows 8.1, and the drive partition(s) required to boot are RAW. I cannot access windows. I have been working endlessly trying to fix it through command prompt, but have had no luck. I do not need any files stored on the computer, and do not care if they are erased or lost. I just need to get my PC functional. The blue screen error code is 0xc000034. I NEVER had windows 7 on this PC. How do I reformat or recover this drive. I DO NOT need any personal files. I need the quickest solution. I have no way to pay for software. Any support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for the update.

• What exactly happened when you tried to re-install the Windows?

I would request you to let us know what exactly happened when you tried to re-install Windows 8.1 so we can further research on the issue thereafter to assist you better.

Answer 2

I am still facing the issue. Nothing has been resolved yet.

Answer 3

Hi Ford,

We appreciate your time and effort for getting back to us and I apologize for the delay in responding.

Are you still facing the issue?

let us know the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

Answer 4

When I go to Install Windows 8.1, It asks me where I want to install Windows. I have 4 Partitions. In partition 1 (Type: System), it says that it is an EFI partition, and may soon fail. In partition 2 (Type: Recovery), It says that it is an Microsoft Recovery Partition, and that it may soon fail. In partition 3 (Type: MSR), It says that the partition is a MSR and that it may soon fail. In partition 4 (Type: Primary, 697.6 GB), It says the disk may soon fail. I have no clue what to do.

Answer 5

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

It is a state of hard drive where Windows 8 OS files has been corrupted. Once the partition gets RAW then user is incapable to access files \ folders and even cannot be used to store fresh files.

Generally RAW file system issues occur due to inconsistent between several system tables, important file system missing information, severe virus attack, logical glitches, unforeseen issues, etc. In these circumstances different type of error message appears such as “Drive is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?”, “There was an error accessing drive E”, “The disk in drive E is not formatted”, “File names contain weird characters”, “Sector not found message”, etc. In these situation user is unable to access the files stored on that partition.

You may refer to the following article to create installation media for Windows 8.1

Create installation media for Windows 8.1

Note: You do require the product key for Windows 8.1 in order to create installation media.

Once you have the installation made, try the steps below.

a) Insert the installation DVD or USB and boot Windows 8 from it.

b) In the ‘Windows setup’ page select the language to install’, ‘Time and currency format’ and the ‘keyboard or input method’ and click on ‘next’.

c. Select "Custom" or "Keep nothing" when you are asked to select a type of installation.

Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.