Getting files from a RAW drive?

[Pilot-Doofy]

Windows some how fucked up my MP3 player and formatted it to a file system of RAW, well it's a lack of one I think. I saw a few programs online that I'd have to purchase but my file names and folder organization was lost if I used that program.

Anyone know how I could get all my shit back in the same fashion I put it on there?

God I fucking hate Microsoft.

[SRN]

So I take it those programs we looked at aren't going to work?

[Pilot-Doofy]

At 4/17/06 01:28 PM, SRN wrote: So I take it those programs we looked at aren't going to work?

They will, but I really need my file names and folder names.

[Ravens-Grin]

Alright, mp3 players 9 times out of 10 has FAT as it's file system, as to what flavor, I need to know some more information like what is the size of the mp3 player, etc. A quick search for "fat recovery freeware" came up with This . The only problem I foresee with this is that it doesn't do fat24, which might or might not be really a problem. Also, if your computer just did a quickformat of the drive, then most likely it could restore the mp3 player back into it's pristine condition without too much hastle.

[Pilot-Doofy]

How would I get windows to restore my old file system?

[SRN]

Well, to elaborate on the issue, there are irreplaceable documents on his mp3 player, so a format would not be the thing to do.

[Ravens-Grin]

To get back your file system you need to do one of two things:
1) Get a special utility like the one I showed and use that and hopefully that can restore your partition, which will restore your file system
2) Right click on your device in My Computer and click Format. Note, this will only work if your mp3 player acts as a drive when connected to the computer. Oh, and this will remove all of your data, possibly even permanently.

[Pilot-Doofy]

At 4/18/06 04:05 PM, Ravens_Grin wrote: Oh, and this will remove all of your data, possibly even permanently.

As previously stated, I need the data. Period.

[Ravens-Grin]

At 4/19/06 12:16 AM, Pilot-Doofy wrote:

At 4/18/06 04:05 PM, Ravens_Grin wrote: Oh, and this will remove all of your data, possibly even permanently.

As previously stated, I need the data. Period.

That was the second option, the first option was to download this file right here , install it, and then run it on the mp3 player which would be plugged into the usb port. This will not delete any information at all! This is assuming that the mp3 player acts as a drive when plugged in, which I see as quite likely. Also, you should select the "Find a lost drive" option, which will search for deleted partitions(deleted, not erased).