How To Format Unformatable Flash drives & Mcards.?
#Method 1 » Command Prompt.
- Click on Start » Run, type cmd in the text box and select “OK”.
- Type-in the following command and hit 'Enter'
Format/x h:
Note that "h" in the snippet above represents the Removable Disk Drive letter/Name and it may be different in your case,so you'll need to replace it with whatever it displays in your computer.
Confirm if the drive is formatted.
If not try the second method.
#Method 2 -Registry↓If not try the second method.
Note that this method can be resolved to only if the Pendrive is write-protected.
- Detach the drive.
- Click on “Start” button and search for “Run”.
- In the textarea of the pop-up box,type Regedit and hit 'Enter'.
- Now,navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
- If you cannot locate StorageDevicePolicies,then you'll need to create it.
- Right-click on Control and choose New » Key and name it StorageDevicePolicies
- Right-click on the newly created key and click on New » DWORD value.
Name it WriteProtect - Now,double-click on it and change the Value Data to 0.
Click on "Ok".
Finally,insert the Flash drive/MCard back into the system and try re-formatting it using the first method above.
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That's all.
If the Pendrive is still adamant after trying everything above,then it's advisable you get a new one.
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