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How to Fix My SSD Partition with "Unknown Format"

My system has recently crashed. I couldn't do any type of recovery, so I bought a new SSD and installed the OS on it. Now all of my files are on the spare SSD which I cannot fix and access the files. It is 240 gigabytes but only 3 gigabytes is visible. I had Mac OS which took more than 200 gigabytes and some 15 gigabytes allocated for Parallels to run Windows 10 when necessary. Now disk1s2, the main volume that I was using, and the other 15 gb volume, disk1s3, is "unknown format" and I cannot access my files. I am a master degree student and writing my dissertation. All of my files are in the unknown formatted volume. I need to reformat or repair it without losing data. When I try to change the format of these volumes, I get a warning that the disk would be erased. I know that there are ways to recover data using some software but I want my files back the way I organized. I mean I want it back as it was a week or two weeks before. To be clear enough, I will attach some screenshots from disk utility. Any useful help is appreciated. Please help me get everything back. Thank you in advance.

The first one is overall view of my elderly SSD.




This one is the volume that the main OS was installed. Most of my necessary stuff is in it. As you can see the format is unknown.



And this was probably the windows part, or it might be Linux part I am not sure.


Can I make the volumes visible and usable again. Thank you so much.


Posted on May 1, 2020 9:56 AM

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