Monday, 8 August 2016

How to Recover Files from RAW Partition?

“A few Days back virus attack ruined my whole hard drive and left it as RAW. I was very much tensed and want my data back.”

Usually, the partition is something which is required while operating a computer and read or write data on it. Partition is like a database for storing and saving data on the computer. It helps to divide the hard drive memory into separate sections to maximize the storage capacity of the hard drive. Partitions can be damaged due to various reasons such as virus attack, lost file system, accidentally deletion of partition, etc.

Hard Drive Partitioning 

When you have the brand new hard drive, then creating partitions is the first thing one should do before creating any file or directories. The disk space where it stores the information about each partition size, location, name, etc. is called ’Partition Table’. Once we create the partition on the disk, then each partition created on the disk appears as a distinct logical disk. By creating partitions on the drive, data loss chances become very less as all the partition have their own space on the disk. For example, if one partition has ruined, then the rest of the partition on the disk will not affect by that particular partition.

How to Manage Partition After Creating It On Disk?

When you have the brand new hard drive, then creating partitions is the

Once you have created the partition on the disk, you can change their size, name and other things easily by going through ‘Disk Management System’. In disk management system, you will find all your partition with their size, name, and status.

Where Disk Management Located?

Do a right click on My Computer and click on Manage to go to Disk Management system

Or, open ’Run Window’ and type diskmgmt.msc, and then press OK to open disk management system.


Is It Possible to Get to Know About Our Partition Healthy Status Via Disk Management System? 

Might be this the next question comes in your mind. Yes, it is possible to check your hard drive partition status with the help of disk management window. It shows the exact and current status of your all partitions. For an instance, if your hard drive becomes inaccessible because of file system corruption, then you can confirm this thing by going through disk management system. If there is the issue with the file system of partition, then it will show the status of RAW format. 

However, sometimes it happens when the whole partition from hard drive got lost. The reason behind the deletion of partition could be anything such as virus attack, accidental deletion, etc. But, the recovery of that deleted partition can only be done through professional help or professional data recovery software. 

If you have gone through the same data loss situation, then professional data recovery software is the most recommended solution. But, before downloading any data recovery software, make sure that the software is free from virus and have the great ability to recover your data from a raw drive or partition. People have a great experience with the data recovery software of Stellar Phoenix, so you can go with this software without taking any risk.

Conclusion: - When the partition turned into RAW or Unallocated format, then there is no option left to access the data stored on that RAW drive, other than the professional raw data recovery software. With the help of professional data recovery software, you can recover your raw hard drive data by yourself.