Hello, friends there! Find you just can not format a SD card or Micro SD memory card of your digital camera or mobile phone since it says: "Windows is unable to complete format" on your Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 PC? Or merely find Windows is unable to complete the formatting process performed on your plugged computer hard disk, USB drive or external HD, though you are asked to format or reformat it there before any access? Really need to format this memory card or hard drive to access important files inside successfully? OK! In such cases, firstly, do not rush to continue the formatting process to cause worse troubles, like permanent data loss problems or corrupting hard drive or memory card unintentionally. And then, figure out the possible causes behind such Windows unable to complete format error problems and find the right solutions to fix your memory card or drive as well as rescuing lost data back.
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Why
Your PC Cannot Complete the Format
Generally, in these days, there are a
couple of reasons why you will get such error message saying: "Windows isunable to complete the format" on your computer. And, go check the below
common ones and see which one of them is more possible for you:
1).
Virus attack
Honestly, no matter which type of storage
devices you are using, the vicious viruses hidden inside your SD memory card,
pen drive or hard drive is really possible to be the ones that damage your
storage devices and bring you such unable to complete format error problems.
2). Damaged
storage devices
And then, the related Windows cannot
complete format error issues are also able to be caused by damaged storage
devices, especially when these storage devices get some physical damages. For
example, when your USB hard drive gets too many bad sectors or your memory
card has some physical
damages, the full formatting process performed on these storage devices is
really possible to be stopped since it cannot complete its scanning process
from one sector to another and erase everything stored there completely.
3).
Write-protected or password-protected drive or memory card
And at last, when your pen drive, portable
hard drive or memory card is write protected or password protected, you are
also not allowed to format it successfully, unless you do have turned off the write protection and
password protection functions there.
Overall, no matter why you get such error
problems, do not blindly search for other methods to do
a quick or full format there. Merely analyze all possible elements and
symptoms to find the right reasons behind at first.
Perform
File Recovery before Format to Avoid Permanent Data Loss
After you do have found the correct reasons
behind, you are also not suggested to do any formatting process immediately
there then. Why? Any improper operating performed on the thumb drive, memory
card or USB hard disk that is unable to be completely formatted could let you
lose all important data permanently. Hence, the next thing you are supposed to
do is to check whether it is necessary to recover lost memory card or hard
drive files back before any format. If you do have left many important
documents, pictures, films, songs, videos, messages and files inside this
storage card and hard drive without data backups, merely go download and
install data recovery
software to take deleted or lost data back in advance.
Of course, if you do have backed up all
crucial data well elsewhere, also straightly format it there.
How
to Format Memory Card or Hard Drive Smoothly after Data Recovery
After recovering and back up memory card
and hard drive data well, the Windows computer still cannot complete the
formatting processes performed there? No Panic! There are also other ways for
you to smoothly format a USB flash drive, internal hard drive or memory cards:
1).
Windows Disk Management
Generally speaking, when you cannot format
your storage devices in My Computer interface, you can also try to format it in
Disk Management interface. Merely go right click My Computer to click Manage
and highlight Disk Management option in the left side of the pop-out window.
And then, right click the memory card or hard drive shown on the right side to
tab Format option in the list. And check all the options well on the format
pop-out based on your needs and go on the formatting process.
Please
Note: Select a supported file system
type before any format when your SD memory card or drive is asking to format
due to RAW file system error.
2). Storage
device formatting software
When the disk management formatting tools
also cannot help you complete the formatting process, you may also go download
and apply the storage device formatting software which is created for users to
format a flash drive, SD card, CF card, Micro
SD card and external drive into
desired state easily.
But, if all these two ways also cannot help
you out, you may go try to format
a hard drive with other methods found over the internet.
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