If these Diskpart commands process successfully, the RAW partition would have been fixed and formatted to FAT32 or NTFS. Select disk # (ex: disk 1): to select the external hard drive to be formatted and press Enter.Ĭlean: to remove all information on the external hard drive.Ĭreate partition primary : to create a partition.įormat fs=ntfs: to format the partition as NTFS.Īssign letter=# (ex: letter=F): to assign a drive letter. Or you can run the below commands to repair RAW drive with Diskpart. Type “exit” and press “Enter” to close the Command Prompt. You can type “format fs=ntfs” to convert RAW to NTFS file system using cmd.ģ. Select volume 6: make sure you choose the correct partition/volume.įormat fs=fat32: format RAW partition to FAT32. Here, volume 6 is shown as RAW and is the target partition to select. Identify which partition is RAW and you need to fix according to the listed partition information.
List volume: list all the available partitions and drives. Then input the following command in sequence and press Enter after every command. Open command prompt window: press “Win+R” at the same time and input “cmd” in the Run dialogue window and press Enter.Ģ.
So if you want to fix raw partition without losing data, you'd better recover data from RAW partition via Recoverit Pro beforehand.ġ. Warning: The formatting operation will also destroy all the data saved on the RAW partition. Below is a step-by-step guide to convert RAW to FAT32 file system using Diskpart commands. In this situation, Diskpart command line is another choice to fix RAW partition.ĭiskpart command can repair the RAW hard drive by formatting it to a compatible file system like FAT32 or NTFS. However, it will fail with an error message “ CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives”. When a partition becomes RAW, computer users are more likely to run CHKDSK to check bad sectors.
How to use Diskpart to fix RAW partition (by formatting)?
A RAW partition means a partition without a known/recognizable file system.