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Answer : The free drive space and the drive space chkdisk uses are two different things. Each hard disk has some extra unallocated space which is used as replacement space for bad sectors. That space may not be used for anything else and as far as user (of a normally functioning drive) is concerned doesn't exist. The "free" space on your E: partition isn't free at all. It's taken up by the E: partition (and even if you deleted the partition it still isn't free in the meaning of "free" windows is using). Basically each sector on a hard disk has its own number. Usually at the end of the drive there are extra sectors which are not numbered. They are used when a sector goes bad. Bad sector's number is removed form the sector and assigned to one of the sectors without a number. This way the bad sector is "fixed". In the end, the only thing you can do i replace the drive. Each drive has a finite number of normal sectors and a finite ...

Answer : " 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 verify something it doesn't know which way is correct. (Try spell-checking a text in a language you can't read.) That the filesystem is not recognized means the "inconsistencies" are at a level beyond CHKDSK's expertise. However, the fact that you are able to boot from said filesystem confuses the hell out of me. One possibility is that there is some sort of malware (or anti -malware) that is preventing CHKDSK access to the raw disk device. Run a RootkitRevealer scan and see if it shows anything interesting. If you have a Windows 7 install disc, try running CHKDSK from its "Repair" mode.