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CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives

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Mar 15, 202627601 views
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Problem

When I run the chkdsk command on my boot drive, I get an error message "CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives." What does this mean, and how can I fix it? I am running Windows 7, 64 bit. I am not experiencing any serious problems with my machine- this was just a matter of routine maintenance. I kn…

Error Output

C:\>chkdsk c:
The type of the file system is RAW.
CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.

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"The type of the file system is RAW." means that CHKDSK was unable to determine the file system used on the drive, and considers it to hold unknown data. CHKDSK is made for verifying the filesystem data structures, and it doesn't make sense to verif…

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