Converting RAW file system to NTFS

[ariel]

Hi,

I've got an acer (emachines) laptop that stopped powering on recently. Their tech support asked me to send it in but told me to first create a backup of the hard-drive. Based on their troubleshooting, they also said they don't believe it's the battery. I bought an IDE/SATA adapter to help me do this but when I plugged the hard drive in, it showed that the file system was RAW.

1) Could this have happened because of the power issue?

2) Is there a fairly straightforward way of converting/accessing the files?

I'm not particularly technically proficient however, if possible, I would prefer to do this myself rather than taking it to a specialist because I have a lot of confidential info on this drive.

Thanks.

 

[MindoverMaster]

Your hard drive is mostly dead. The most you can do is run Recuva.

 

[ariel]

Uh oh, I was hoping that wouldn't be the case. I will try Recuva - looks like it's available on CNET.

Thanks for that MindoverMaster.

Guess I'll call the repair centre again - I'm not sure how they handle the power repair if the hard drive is bust as well.

 

[jayson]

I would also recommend recuva. I had a great experience with it. I've recover everything using recuva then format the drive.

 

[ariel]

I would also recommend recuva. I had a great experience with it. I've recover everything using recuva then format the drive.

Good to know that - thanks jayson. I definitely need these files.

Funny thing is I couldn't create a backup because I kept getting an error message.

 

[superagentx]

If you don't have any luck with recuva then you might want to try getdataback for ntfs... It's on hirens boot cd but good luck either way!

 

[ariel]

If you don't have any luck with recuva then you might want to try getdataback for ntfs... It's on hirens boot cd but good luck either way!

Thanks superagentx - I like to have a plan b.

I even have the hirens boot cd because someone had previously suggested it for another purpose.