Laptop secondary encrypted drive showing as RAW

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The drive is detected but the filesystem is reported as RAW.

Symptoms
  • "You need to format the disk"
  • No files visible
  • RAW filesystem
Possible Causes
  • Metadata corruption
  • Incomplete decryption
  • Disk failure

Step-by-Step Fix

1

Use Repair-bde

Recover data from the RAW partition using your recovery key.

2

Check Drive Letter

Sometimes assigning a new letter fixes RAW reporting.

3

Test on Another PC

Ensure it's not a local driver issue.

When to See a Technician

A RAW encrypted drive usually means the BitLocker header is damaged; use "repair-bde" immediately.

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