Windows 10: cant format my hdd, i tried everything

Discus and support cant format my hdd, i tried everything in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; so idk whats going on but my HDD for some odd stupid reason is set to read only so I cant format it and everything is grayed out, and when I do try it... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Falyandar, Oct 17, 2020.

  1. Falyandar Win User

    cant format my hdd, i tried everything


    so idk whats going on but my HDD for some odd stupid reason is set to read only so I cant format it and everything is grayed out, and when I do try it cant even format because now its saying its write protected, how do I do this? I been trying for hours and its annoying I cant format this drive.

    :)
     
    Falyandar, Oct 17, 2020
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  2. Fernandz Win User

    How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

    ¿You already tried this one?...

    Run CMD


    1. diskpart
    2. list disk

    Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

    2. select disk #
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

    good luck!
     
    Fernandz, Oct 17, 2020
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  3. doug4901 Win User
    Format of USB HDDs failing

    Thanks for the suggestion, .. I hadn't tried that.

    I deleted the driver and then reconnected a USB external HDD, the PC loaded a new driver, but alas, I still can't format an external HDD

    Regards
    Doug
     
    doug4901, Oct 17, 2020
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  4. jimbo45 Win User

    cant format my hdd, i tried everything

    External HDD needs format

    Hi there @menu

    from Windows command mode

    1) Diskpart
    2) list Disk
    3) select disk <disk4> I think it would be in your case
    4) clean
    5) convert gpt (optional step but I prefer gpt HDD's these days even just for data disks)
    6) create partition primary
    7) format fs=ntfs quick
    8) assign
    9) exit

    now you should have HDD ready for use and assigned a disk letter.

    you don't need to create an efi partition for this disk either.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Oct 17, 2020
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