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• Windows is unable to format USB

  So I bought a new USB and I can not format it. It is said: "windows cannot format this drive. My USB does not display its size. Could someone help me?

  Thank you.

  Go to the search box of the start menu, type Management then right-click on computer management shortcut that is offered to you & select run as administrator.  When open dialog box [it takes several seconds], select disk management.

  Be sure to identify the good drive your corrective action would ruin your PC if you have accidentally identified the wrong disc.  The USB which probably has no assigned drive letter, but special partitions inside the PC can also not need them.  Use the info in the list of drives & in the illustrations below them to be sure that you select the correct drive.

  The column shows status of the list is it formatted [probably NTFS or FAT32]?  Its size is shown correctly?  If so right click on the entry of the reader in the list & select change the letter drive & paths.  Give it a drive letter permanent [will continue to apply after the restart & when you plug it in next].  There will be a warning that any process using the player will be disturbed by the "modification" of the drive letter.

  If this does not fix it normal procedures don't then reformatted the drive, return to this dialog box & format it.

  If only it does not then correct you will need to examine the disk with a Partition Manager.  There are several available free but now are probably not the time to sit and learn something new.  If any of your friends or colleagues are familiar with these utilities then try the free version of EaseUS Partition Master® or Partition Manager 12 Free Edition [Paragon seem to have become obsessed with Facebook - the software is also available for download on CNET.]

• Portege R100: 4GB SD card works very slowly-> unable to format

  Laptop works fine, no problem when using 1 GB SD card. What SD 4 GB inserted PC card works very slowly. Finally, I am able to run the software Toshiba Format SD memory card (download the latest version). It does not seem to recognize the card of 4 GB. Unable to format. When later tried with 1 GB card, everything works fine.

  If someone was able to get a 4 GB SD card?

  I'm not sure if the laptop software needs a patch, or if the 4 GB card is not fully compatible with SD cards standards, however it was purchased from reputable suppliers.

  Graham

  Hello

  I think that it s nothing wrong with the software, but the SD card is simply not compatible 100%.
  In recent times, the SD card sizes are rising rapidly.
  I think that the card reader and the software were not intended to manage this big SD card like this.

  How to buy an external SD card reader?
  These devices are not very expensive and I think the new generation should be able to also handle 4 GB SD cards.

• "Unable to format the drive in Windows.

  "Unable to format the drive Windows" (c drive)

  Victory impossible to format the drive sys (win). It's more like a branch of cut while you were sitting on it.

  If you try to clean reinstall win that you start from the cd of the winxp http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

• Unable to format the memory card, I get the message "windows could not format.

  Original title: car micro sd problem
  
  Hello
  my laptop detects the memory card (after a good dose of refreshing it), but whenever I try to open it or scan or format, any area 'my computer' freezes. and, now my phone displays the message "no inserted memory card. I use a dell inspiron 1525 with windows vista sp2 with 3 GB of ram and and 230 GB hard drive.
  to get you in the loop, the songs on my memory card using previously to disappear on their own or used to go corrupt, so I decided to scan it. now, when I insert in my lappy, im facing this new problem. kindly helppppppppp me.
  PS - after several attempts, I had the option to put in shape, but after clicking on the option, I get the message "windows could not format.

  Hello

  You are able to use any other memory card with no problems on the same computer?

  Try to format it on another computer and check. If you are unable to format it on another computer then it is perhaps because of the corrupted memory card. You will need to contact the manufacturer for assistance.

• "autorun.inf" is reserved for a virus, how to open o eliminate without formatting usb unit

  "autorun.inf" is reserved for a virus (SYSTEM of INFORMATION VOLUMEN), how to open o eliminate without formatting usb unit

  Hello

  1. what exactly happens when you try to open a USB unit?

  2. what anti-virus software do you use?

  I suggest you analyze your computer Microsoft Safety Scanner, it will help us to get rid of viruses, spyware and other malware

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Hope this information is useful.

• What is the unit allocation size that is displayed in the window to format USB?

  Original title: allocation unit size

  What is the unit allocation size that is displayed in the window to format usb

  Hi Moaz,

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

  I understand that you want to know the unit allocation size that is displayed in the format USB window. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  I will certainly help the question of fixing.

  In computer file systems, a cluster is the unit of allocation of disk space for files and directories. To reduce the load of the management of data on disk structures, the file system allocates no individual disk sectors, but contiguous groups of sectors, called clusters.

  On a disk that uses 512-byte sectors, a 512-byte cluster contains one sector, whereas a 4-Kibibyte (KiB) contains eight sectors.

  Refer to the below mentioned article and see if it provides information that you are looking for.

  By default for NTFS cluster size, FAT and exFAT:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/140365

  Your response is very important for us to ensure a proper resolution. Please get back to us to help you accordingly.

• return the formatted usb

  Trojan are deleted and restored title.

  I'm format USB wiht vwindows8 rearhave the fiels and fIialisa, I am not vwindows8 in lfashes rdive. Please help to return the vwindows8 in a flash drive! I'm with vindows8 iso and burn a disk hard usb rdive.

  Hello

  1. what exactly is the problem you face?

  2 have you tried to format a USB stick with Windows 8, set up files?

  3. you try to recover the Windows 8 set up files after formatting the Flash drive?

  If you have formatted a Flash drive with Windows 8, set up the files, you have lost the set up files of Windows 8. You may need to copy it again into the flash player.

  You can visit the article to create installation media to install Windows 8 by using the Windows 8 installation files.

  How to create an installation media for a PC refresh or reset

  When you format a disk, it deletes all data stored on the disk. Before formatting a hard drive, you need to backup/save important data to a different location.

  Hope the helps of information. Let us know if you need help with Windows related issues. We will be happy to help you.

• Unable to format the USB flash key.

  Hey there,

  I bought different brands of Flash Drives and some of them has been damaged and it usually more open.

  whenever I have do a format for these flash drives it says that windows cannot continue... and some of them said "there is no disk in drive 'H' Please insert a disk".

  I did a format disk management that also, it did not work, I checked for power to the usb hub option root "to allow windows to turn off this device...". ».

  I also tried to install a software for formatting, did not work.

  Restart windows in safe mode and try to format it, nothing.

  I just want to know a way to fix this because I have like 7 flash readers does not, I'm not intresting to get the data that has been stored in these flash drives.

  I don't know if this has been posted in the right section but please, any help will be great.

  thnx in advance.

  Hello

  Try to use the Flash Drives on other computers to see if they are working, or can be formatted. When a USB
  disk has failed and cannot be accepted, then it cannot be formatted.

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  If it turns out that it is a problem with your computer:

  References to Vista also apply to Windows 7.

  Follow these steps to remove corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to fix the system files of Windows 7 with the System File Checker
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/1538-SFC-SCANNOW-Command-System-File-Checker.html

  Then run checkdisk (chkdsk).

  How to run check disk in Windows 7
  http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

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  Then lets refresh the USB stack

  Control the click Control Panel - Device Manager - anywhere in the area of white/white - point of VIEW, then-
  Show hidden devices

  Look everywhere EXCEPT USB controllers for your device and if find you them (maybe
  plus_d' one of each) under disk drives, you can have several - right CLICK and UNINSTALL
  for all instances. (There may be none.)

  Control Panel right CLICK on EVERYTHING - Serial USB controllers - device configuration-manager and
  UNINSTALL all but the category itself - REBOOT - it refreshes the drive and battery USB

  This KB shows XP how to and methods of Vista and Windows 7 are the same
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310575

  This is a utility to help you, but do 1 above.

  USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices currently connected to your computer.
  as well as all USB devices that you previously used. Run Options and tick the three 1st choice
  to see if one is there.

  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/usb_devices_view.html

  You must remove all instances of the devices and restart.

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  If necessary try these two:

  Tips for solving problems of USB devices - and a Mr Fixit
  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/c39bd203-f729-47a4-8351-83291e13c8a81033.mspx#EGB

  Hardware devices not detected or not working - Mr. Fixit
  http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/hardware_device_problems

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  This can be useful to determine if the wrong driver is loading.

  -Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
  For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
  Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

  I hope this helps.

  Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

• Sansa E280 unable to Format disk. Need HELP!

  Hey ho Sansa users,.

  So! Here's my dilemma. I got my Sansa for 2 1/2 years. So far, no problem. Recently even though I was starting to have some funky things happening, the noise turning randomly on its own or the song randomly jumping, not much, only occurred once in a blue moon. Now that about a couple of weeks, for some reason strange, downloaded other titles on my drive, as usual and after playing a few times very well, they began to get damaged. Aka. The sound would be cut in the headphones, and then slowly back through static, or the song would stop playing altogether and there would be a mermaid acute start sounding in my helmet. I had some problems with my Sansa before and the guy I spoke to said to format the hard drive. So, I tried to format the hard drive, but it says unable to complete the format. In addition, for some reason that disk space is showing the player as being empty, but when I look in the hard drive (in browser windows) there is always as 50 active files that I deleted (or tried to remove) like 7 times and each time that they keep reappearing. I updated my firmware, but it still doesn't seem to work or I want to erase the disc.

  Thoughts?

  Any help is greatly appreciated!

  Mojo

  Looks like you have some seriously damaged files.

  Make sure that (under settings/USB Mode) you are to the CSM.

  Try chkdsk

  If this does not work, then try again shaping and keep an eye on every step. When you get the message "cannot format"?

• Unable to format hard drive for Windows

  Hello, I need your help here! You receive the same error message saying: "Windows is unable to complete the format" when you try to format an external hard drive on your computer? Honestly, the hard drive of my dell computer recently asked just to get in shape when it has been used on my Windows 7 computer. However, when I click on Yes to format this drive with my lost player documents and files, windows says just windows could not complete for formatting? Honestly, I used Google to search for the error problems related unable to complete the format windows and also asks me to select a formatting program? What you recommend me? This software is useful for my case? Thanks for any suggestions here!

  Hello

  If you have a mac, you can use a utility called disk pre-installed program. Connect your external DRIVE for mac drive and find an application called disk utility, in disk utility, there should be an option to erase the external HARD drive. It may come with an error similar to what you had before, but it's certainly worth a try. Let me know if this worked for you.

  Thank you

• Unable to encrypt USB / El Capitan

  Using a Macbook Air running El Capitan 10.11.4...

  (Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but I've never understood how to navigate to the right place n communities Support from Apple).

  I tried (for literally a few hours) to find how pw - protect / encrypt a new USB key. Although I have read and followed the instructions to more than a dozen son / pages online, * nothing * works, because my system does not simply offer the options described. To cut a very long story short, I used disk utility to erase the drive, but never did have the option of "password" on the screen "next" mentioned repeatedly - there is no next screen, just a local saying 'Done '. Then I discovered several discussions mentioning the need to partition the USB key to encrypt - that seems weird to me, but I guess I'm out of my depth. Anyway, "Partition" is always grayed out. I * so * found son saying that, so the partition, I first need to choose "GUID" partition of the table - but absolutely nowhere in the process are only some sort of partition of an option. At no time do I get nothing except a NAME box, a box of FORMAT and DELETE / CANCEL.

  Oh - on another (official, Apple) help screen, he said in El Capitan, you could simply Ctrl-click on the USB in the Finder. (Interestingly, no other screen I saw didn't mention this.) Of course, that appear a box to enter a new password... followed by the error message that I must first of all put in place a GUID partition table.

  Naively, I thought this would be a three-minute operation, but I'm completely stumped.

  You can only encrypt a drive formatted for Mac.  If this isn't the case, you will need to format will erase the drive.

  In disk utility, select the drive and delete it. As the format, select Mac OS extended (journaled). That will make a table partition GUID.

• How to format USB 3.0 player to play more than 4 GB on TV media

  Hello

  I'm looking for a way to format a USB drive to play media on my television. This problem seems to occur when the upgrade to El Capitan. I could always format the USB to play large files of 5 to 15 GB and easily play through my smart TVs. I am able to always format the drive to the exFAT to enable the large file size, but my TV does not recognize the drive and therefore can't play.

  Is anyone else having this problem or knows how to solve this problem? Thank you

  What format your TV so not recognize ExFat? If the TV accepts the format ExFat, you can try formatting the drive ExFat using a Windows PC to see if it works.

• Impossible to format USB key

  Tried to format the USB key for use in my camera clubs. They couldn't find / read / or receive message saying 'must drive e to the format to use. I tried to format it to MS-DOS and ExFat on IMac and laptop Pro. ElCapitan Version 10.11.2. Anyone else have the problem?

  This link can help you format the USB key to the default settings: read for both MAC and WINDOWS: http://www.pendrivelinux.com/restoring-your-usb-key-partition/

• Impossible to format USB

  Hello! I have a BIG problem with my USB. I formatted my USB with a tool called 'create basic OS Installer '. It is supported by the creators of the primary operating system and I have had no problems to start with him. However, I would like to make an another bootable USB key with a newer version, but guess what? I can't format it!

  I tried to format it with disk utility, and he brought the following messages:

  "Clear process failed. Press OK to continue.

  If you open the details, he said:

  Invalid name failed

  Tried to format with Terminal and brings the following messages:

  sudo diskutil reformat/dev/disk2

  CAUTION: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

  or the deletion of important system files. Recheck your

  If you type when you use sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

  To continue, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

  Password:

  The current system does not have a trainer for the filesystem on disk2

  Tried to repair:

  diskutil repairDisk/dev/disk2

  Model of non-existent partition map, unknown or damaged

  If you are sure that this disc contains a map of APM, MBR or GPT partition (damaged),

  You can hereby trying to fix it enough to be recognized as a map; another

  'diskutil repairDisk/dev/disk2' may be needed for additional repairs

  Move forward? y (y/N)

  Card error repair: MediaKit reported no such partition scheme known (-5307)

  Anyone can find a way to help me?

  Try it

  sudo diskutil unmountdisk force disk2

  sudo dd if = \u003d/dev/zero of / dev/disk2 bs = 1024 count = 1024