Let’s get one thing straight right away: running chkdsk on a RAW drive is a terrible idea. You might be tempted, especially if Windows suggests it, but the chkdsk command is built for filesystems it recognizes, like NTFS or FAT32. A RAW drive is, by definition, a drive with a filesystem Windows doesn't recognize. Trying…
Let's be honest, trying to run the chkdsk command on a RAW drive is a bit of a Hail Mary. More often than not, it throws up its hands and gives you the dreaded "CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives" error. Why? Because a RAW drive means Windows has completely lost the plot—it can't…