How to Recover Data from RAW Seagate Hard Drive?

A RAW hard drive partition means that the file system in that partition is not at all recognized by Windows or Mac operating systems. As a result, the file system drivers cannot mount up that partition with a file system. Since the OS cannot see any file system in that drive, it simply prompts you to format the drive with a file system identifiable by OS.

Scenarios leading to the corruption of hard drive that inturn results in RAW drive:

• Improper System Shutdown: Perhaps, this would be the main reason behind this “RAW” file system error. As a last attempt during software freezes, many people including you might have forcefully restart the computer. This improper system shut down can also happen due to power outages.
• Abrupt Removal of Drive: If you are using an external hard dive, this will matters to you. It is always recommended to select “Safely Remove Hardware” after using an external HDD. If you are not following this, it can affect the file system of your HDD in the long run.
• Other Reasons: Bad sectors on the drive, System Crashes, etc. are some other causes that are accountable for this “RAW” hard drive error.

Recover Seagate is a powerful utility which you can rely in order to restore files from RAW hard drive. This tool analyzes your hard drive deeply to locate all the partitions/ drives. The intention of this tool is not just Seagate RAW partition recovery, it can be used on all popular types and brands of hard drives to retrieve files from it.

Note: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 is one of the popular hard drives of Seagate with SATA interface. As a top selling model, this hard drive usually encounters various prospects of data loss. Anyhow, Recover Seagate utility will be an ideal option for the data recovery from Seagate 7200.12 hard disk drives under any situations.

Features of Seagate Data Recovery Tool:

• Using this tool, you can recover data from RAW hard drive from different hard drive types like SATA, PATA (IDE), SCSI, eSATA, FireWire, Thunderbolt, etc.
• Its recovery engine has the capability to identify and recover files of more than 300 file formats.
• Within few mouse clicks, you can restore data from NTFS partitions on Windows using this utility. Check this page for a detailed info on data recovery from NTFS partition.
• Restoring files from RAW hard drive using this tool can be performed by people who are having only a limited knowledge in data recovery.
• The files which are recovered with the help of this tool can be saved into CD/ DVD or any accessible drive to host operating system.
• With Recover Seagate tool, you can compress recovered files so as to save disk space in an effective manner.
• Similar to data recovery from internal hard drive, you can also retrieve data from various portable hard drives using this utility.

Steps to Recover Data from a RAW Hard Drive

Step (i): Download and install the free version of Partition Recovery tool on your PC. After successful installation, launch the software. In the Main Screen, select “Recover Partitions” option. Then, the tool shows all the logical and physical disk drives available in the system. Choose the raw Seagate drive from where you have to recover data and click "Scan" option

Figure A: Main Window

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and 2008

Requirements: Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and 2008

Step (ii): Now, the software scans the selected partition to regain it's files back. Wait for the scanning to get complete. Upon the completion of scanning process, a list of recovered files are displayed. You can view the recovered files in Data View, and File Type View.

Figure B: Recovered Files in Data Type & File Type View

Step (iii): At last, if you are satisfied with the tool, then activate the license key of the tool and select the destination drive to save the recovered files.

Figure C: Save Recovered Files