I tried running chkdsk on it, and it says "The type of the file system is RAW. CHKDSK is not available for RAW drives.". Norton Disk Doctor 2001 says that it doesn't contain a recognized filesystem.

There are a number of Linux commands that will display file system types along with the file system names, mount points and such. Some will also display sizes and available disk space. The df command ...

In the Linux environment, the file system acts as a backbone, orchestrating the systematic storage and retrieval of data. It is a hierarchical structure that outlines how data is organized, stored, ...