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Updated on January 10th, 2019This page shows how to format/reformat an SD card, USB flash drive, pen stick, etc. On Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7.
You can force format SD card in Windows and Command Prompt to repair SD card not formatting issue as well as format SD card for Android devices. About formatting SD cardFormatting of memory card is common operation to users all over the world, and such action is also suggested by many tech experts. SD card is one the most popular memory card and it is mainly used in digital devices such as digital camera and cellphones. Some electronic product manufacturers recommend formatting SD card to proper file system format before put it to device. Factors you need to format SD card. Change file system format. Different devices may require different file system formats, such as sometimes you need exFAT file system on digital camera and ext4 file system on a Raspberry Pi.
Once formatting is done, a new file system and directories are created. Enhance overall performance. Formatting wipes data as well as fragments, and thus speed and functioning can be improved to some extent.
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Repair corrupt SD card. If the SD card is unreadable due to file system errors, such as it turns to RAW or write-protected and cannot be accessed. You can format the memory card directly if files in the card have been recovered. Restore SD card to full capacity. SD card formatting wipes all data on the partition including hidden data, after which you can make use of all space again. You want to.
You can completely clear everything on SD card by full formatting of the card, which protects personal data again SD card recovery. Clean up unknown virus and malware. It is a good choice to format memory card which contain virus.What to do before formatting memory cardIt’s easy to format SD card, hard drive partition, removable disk, virtual disk, SSD, etc. And there are multiple methods to complete the task. The rest part of this article shows several most common solutions to do the formatting. You should pay attention to following points before formatting SD card. Get a backup.
You have to make sure a full backup have been created for files on the SD card and the backup file is properly stored on a secure location. Carry out SD card data recovery in advance. In some cases, SD card cannot be accessed and prompts to format before you can use it.
You should recover files on the SD card before formatting it, as formatting causes data loss and affects data recovery result. Connect the SD card well to computer. You can insert the SD card to a card read or adaptor so that it can be connected and recognized by computer. If it cannot be detected by computer, the formatting cannot be carried out.Method 1: Format SD card on Windows 10/8/7It’s easy to format SD under Windows which is able to format storage device to NTFS, FAT32 or exFAT. If you want to format SD card to Linux file system such as ext4, you can use PartitionGuru to complete the task.Step 1: Open My Computer by double-clicking Computer (or This PC in Windows 10).
Then you can see SD card is listed under Devices with removable storage. If you cannot see the SD card, then try reconnecting the memory card.Step 2: Right-click on the SD card and select Format from context menu to open formatting options.Step 3: Choose File System format, formatting method, allocate unit, etc. And click Start button.Usually, the default file system format is FAT32 in Windows and newer systems, but you can select other type bases on your needs. For example, if you want to store files whose single size is larger than 4GB, you should choose exFAT or NTFS here. Besides, Quick Format option is selected by default, which formats disk quickly; if you want to perform a full format, then unselect this option.Step 4: Click “OK” button when Windows prompts formatting will erases all data on the disk. Click OK to continue.Step 5: Click “OK” and close the window when system prompts “Format Complete”.
Method 2: How to format SD card / USB drive from Windows disk ManagementIn Windows Disk Management console, you can format partition, change partition size, create new partition or delete partition. Disk Management provide basic feature to help users manage partitions and it is provided in most versions of Windows such as Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista and XP.If you cannot see the SD card in Windows Explorer, for example, partition gets damaged, drive letter is missing, or partition loss, you can format the SD card in Disk Management. If the SD card cannot be detected by Disk Management, you should check if the SD card is well connected to computer.
Let’s see how to format memory card in this way:Step 1: Open Disk Management by right-clicking Start menu and selecting Disk Management. If your computer is running Windows 7, you can open Disk Management in this way: right-click Computer icon and select Manage; then click Disk Management.Step 2: You can see all your disks are listed in Disk Management there. Right-click the partition on SD card and select “Format” from context menu.Step 3: Click Yes when Windows asks confirmation and prompts formatting will delete all data on the device.Step 4: Set Volume label, File system, Allocation unit size and formatting type, and click OK button. If you are confused by these options, you can follow suggested selections.Step 5: Again system prompts the formatting erases data and prompts back up data. Click OK to complete the formatting. Method 3: Force format / reformat SD card using DiskPart command LineDiskpart is a command-line utility which can be used to manage disk partitions in Windows and Servers. Users can type commands to create, delete or format partitions, which might be a little bit complicated to average users.
If you are new to this tool, you can use other methods given in this article to format or reformat SD card.In this section, we’ll show you how to force format / reformat SD card using Diskpart commands. This method can also be used to format SD card when it reports errors like “” or “”.Step 1: Click Windows Start button and type diskpart in searching box.
Right-click on diskpart.exe and choose Run as administrator.Step 2: In the diskpart command window, type following command one by one and press Enter key after each command:. List disk (this command shows all disks connected to current computer). Select disk # (substitute # with the disk number representing the SD card ). Clean (delete all data on the selected SD card. You may need to remove and reconnect the SD card after this step). Create partition primary (it creates a new partition on the SD card).
Format quick (carries out a quick format)Step 3: When formatting completes, close the command window. Method 4: Format SD card / USB drive using free memory card format softwareApart from formatting solutions presented in previous part, we can format SD card, USB drive, hard drive or other media using free format software. Here we recommend Eassos PartitionGuru to complete the task, as it supports all kinds of storage devices as well as various file system formats. Besides, you can use this tool to clear an SD card, remove partition, resize partition, partition memory card, check & repair bad sectors, recover deleted files, clone SD card, etc.