Windows 10: I want to format my sd card, but cannot do so because the external device I plugged it into...

I want to format my sd card, but cannot do so because the external device I plugged it into registers as a usb and not sd card and therefore doesn't give me the option to format. What should I do?

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Unable to format sd card

Hi,

There are many possible reasons why this issue is happening. To help resolve your concern, we'd like to ask the following questions below:

• Are you using an SD card reader? If yes, have you tried using another card reader?
  
• Have you tried formatting the SD card using another computer?
  

In the meantime, we suggest running a hardware diagnostics while your SD card is connected to the computer and see if it helps. Follow the steps below:

• Open Control Panel.
  
• Type Troubleshooting in the search box, then select
  Troubleshooting from the search result.
  
• Click Hardware and Sound.
  
• Select Hardware and Devices to run a hardware diagnostics.

We'll keep an eye out for your response.

 

Format SD Card

Hi! BarryKeane

I'm Marvin an Independent Advisor, and I will help you with your issue.

Try with this

Method 1. Run Diskpart to Format SD Card That Won't Format

Step 1. Press Windows key and R key at the same time, type cmd in the Run box, hit Enter to open the command prompt(cmd.exe).

Step 2. Type diskpart to run Diskpart Utility.

Step 3. Type list disk to list the drives on the computer.

Step 4. Type select disk 1 (The number should be replaced by the exact drive number of your SD card).

Step 5. Type clean to run the clean utility (this will wipe all data on the SD card so make sure you saved a copy or backup of the card data).

Step 6. Type create partition primary to create a new partition on the SD card.

Step 7. Type select partition 1 (it should be the newly created partition on step 6).

Step 8. Type active to make the partition active.

Step 9. Type format fs=ntfs （or format fs=fat32）to format the partition to the desired file system.

If you still having problems with this, I will be around to help you.

Regards.

 

SD card won't format

Hello Suvaan,

We would like to know why you are unable to make any activity on your SD card. To further look into this, can you tell us the error message that you are getting when trying to format, copy or delete files on the SD card? Have you tried any troubleshooting
steps? Which device are you using to format the SD card?

In the meantime, we suggest that you try inserting the SD card to a different device and see if you will encounter the same error. You can also try to remove the SD card, restart the device and then insert the SD card again to see if it will make a difference.

Regards.