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Hello everyone!
I am facing the following problem.
My external hard drive is 300 GB in size. The system sees it in RAW format, although it used to be in FAT format.

Unfortunately, I don't have a copy......

I still have important files on the drive.

Maybe there is someone who can help me?

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I managed to find a solution on the internet.

I came across this article and followed it step by step.

Data Recovery Software For RAW File System

It cost me $97.95, but that's nothing compared to sending the disc to a specialist. I risked losing my files forever. But I can't afford to pay the big bucks.

The following is how I proceeded.

Firstly, I managed to create a copy of the damaged disc with the help of "HDD Raw Copy Tool".

I downloaded "Hetman Partition Recovery", the program found my RAW drive in FAT format and started a full scan. It found most of my files and successfully recovered them. Of course, not all files could be recovered, but I was lucky: I was able to recover the most important files.

And yes, make copies of important files (discs) for the future.