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by adsct
05 May 2022, 13:35
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)
Replies: 5
Views: 25297

Re: USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)

Are you referring to the List Files option under the Advanced section? I tried that and it says "Can't open filesystem. File system seems damaged."

I did use Photorec and was able to recover a bunch of files. There are nine "recup_dir" folders containing the files. I''m not sure if these ...
by adsct
05 May 2022, 06:55
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)
Replies: 5
Views: 25297

Re: USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)

Yes, it was TestDisk 7.1, sorry for the typo. I fixed it in the original post. I used 7.1 since it was the latest stable version, but I did get 7.2 at your request. Here are the results of the deep search:


Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 62 GB / 58 GiB - CHS 7648 255 63

The hard disk (62 GB / 58 GiB ...
by adsct
05 May 2022, 05:56
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)
Replies: 5
Views: 25297

USB drive is RAW (Windows asks to format)

Hello,

I have a 64GB USB drive from a family member that Windows says needs to be formatted (which was canceled when prompted). The user says that the drive was probably removed from the computer before it fully shut down (this is when the problem started).

The disk file system shows as RAW in ...