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Old 03-22-2012, 11:48 AM   #9
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Re: External HD Help: Corrupt Data

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Originally Posted by GAC View Post
Tried that this morning using Command Prompt, but it says "the type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives."
Hum. Kinda figured it would say that.

Basically what its saying in that Windows can't make hide nor hair of the file system on the disk and is dropping back 15 yards and punting.

You're in "using recovery tools" territory now. Krono recommended Recuva. I've heard good things about Minitool Power Data Recovery as well. Lots of these kinds of tools out on the net.
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