About this tag
The formatting risks tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about data loss and partition corruption that can occur when using disk management tools. A common issue is a drive becoming RAW and inaccessible after extending a partition with software like Partition Wizard, even when the operation completes without errors. This tag highlights the dangers of modifying partitions without proper backups, as important files can be lost. Users share experiences and seek recovery solutions for drives that fail to mount after partition operations. The tag is relevant for anyone considering partition resizing or disk management tasks on Windows systems.
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    Windows 8 drive is not accessible after extend using partition wizard 9.

    Drive E 'main data partition which contains all my important files' becomes RAW (not NTFS) after extending OS Drive C using partition wizard 9 software which finished successfully without errors! (all details available below): MY HARDDISK WAS RUNNING WITHOUT PROBLEMS BEFORE USING THIS SOFTWARE...
    • johnjacke
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    • access issues automatic repair backup boot sector chkdsk corrupted drive data recovery disk management drive issues file name linkage file system formatting risks hdd issues ntfs errors partition wizard raw drive recovery tools resize partition tech support windows 8.1
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support