I previously cloned an HDD from an older laptop onto a Samsung EVO 860 SDD which went fine. Recently, I wanted to clone the newer laptop's data onto the Samsung Evo (500GB) and then swap that SDD for the Acer Aspire 5 which came with a 250GB SDD (or install it as addition if my laptop supports it).
When checking the external Samsung drive, I found that about 300GB of data was used up. This was too much and I decided to format the drive completely as it contained mostly older media files that I can do without. After formatting, I assigned the drive a letter using Disc Management on Windows 11, but I noticed its saying RAW file system even though I selected NTFS initially. I tried running chkdsk and also formatting it again but its giving an error. Does this mean there are some corrupt or damaged files on the external drive now? I don't need the data on it but I just want to get it converted if thats necessary.
When checking the external Samsung drive, I found that about 300GB of data was used up. This was too much and I decided to format the drive completely as it contained mostly older media files that I can do without. After formatting, I assigned the drive a letter using Disc Management on Windows 11, but I noticed its saying RAW file system even though I selected NTFS initially. I tried running chkdsk and also formatting it again but its giving an error. Does this mean there are some corrupt or damaged files on the external drive now? I don't need the data on it but I just want to get it converted if thats necessary.