tamacow.blogg.se - The selected disk image file isn t valid

As a result, it becomes incapable of manipulating data on this partition/drive and blocks access to it until it receives an acceptable structure.

In fact, it doesn't matter for the operating system whether it is missing, got corrupted or its type is not supported: it simply cannot find the data it expects to be in particular places on the disk, thus, is not able to identify the applied format and the way files are stored. RAW is a state of a storage device or a certain partition which, from the point of view of the OS, lacks a valid file system.

What can be done to retrieve the locked files?.

Why do drives/partitions appear as RAW?.