This is an extremely useful thread. I've managed to recover the entire lost NTFS volume that eventually becomes RAW. The tutorial below helped me greatly in salvaging files from the situation never heard before.
http://www.stellarinfo.com/support/kb/index.php/article/what-is-raw-recovery-and-how-this-software-can-help-to-
http://www.stellarinfo.com/support/kb/index.php/article/what-is-raw-recovery-and-how-this-software-can-help-to-