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July 05, 2008  
Subject: File format change?
Group: microsoft.public.windows.developer.winfx.winfs
Date: 9/15/2006 10:13:02 AM
From: =?Utf-8?B?TGludXMgMTc=?= [Email Address Protection]

I have an external 40GB hard drive and a 128MB SecureDrive. Recently,
something happened that changed their file formats to RAW, and now I cannot
access either of them! When I go to the "properties" window, they both show
that their file systems are of the RAW format, and that both drives are full.
I didn't want to reformat them because of some of the data on them, but I
decided to try anyway, and Windows said that the drives could not be
formatted because of an "invalid/unknown file type". The data wasn't erased,
and Windows recognizes that they are plugged in, but I cannot access them.
What can I do to restore or recover them??? :-(

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