How to Recover a RAW Partition from an HDD Using TestDisk: A Complete Guide
📚 This guide explains the common causes of RAW partitions and shows you how to use the free tool TestDisk to recover a RAW partition from an HDD. A mechanical hard drive (HDD) suddenly disappears from File Explorer, and when you open Disk Management, the partition is no longer displayed with its original NTFS file system. Instead, it appears as RAW. What happened, and how can you recover the RAW drive and save the data stored on it? 💡Important! This TestDisk RAW recovery solution only applies to the following situation: The HDD originally contained an NTFS partition, but it now appears as RAW (unformatted) in Windows File Explorer or Disk Management, with a message saying: " You need to format the disk before you can use it. " If your hard drive makes unusual noises, the motor does not spin, or the BIOS cannot detect the correct drive capacity, this may indicate severe physical damage. In this situation, immediately stop powering on or testing the drive. R...