SD cards are handy devices that come in clutch whenever you store or transfer data fast.
People usually like to format them because they use them for a million purposes. In some
cases, the SD card refuses to format.
- You might have Write-protect on your system.
- Your SD card might have bad sectors.
How To Fix SD Card Not Formatting
It could be that the card isn’t formatting for the following reasons.
- You might have Write-protect on your system.
- Your SD card might have bad sectors.
Now that we know what reasons can cause the SD card to not format, the following are the fixes.
Fix# 1 – Remove Write Protect
Full FAT SD cards usually have a lock on the side, which protects your data when
your SD card falls into a person’s hand that wants to edit it. If you want to format the card,
you might want to turn off the lock. If the problem still persists after unlocking, follow these steps
- Press Win+R keys.
- In the text field, enter the diskpart.
- In the window that pops up, type in list disk and press enter.
- Note the size and the number of your SD card.
- Now select disk X and replace the X with your disk number.
- Now type in the command attributes disk clear read-only and hit enter.
- Your write protection should be turned off.
Fix# 2 – Repartition your Disk
Bad sectors of your disk can cause the SD card to not format, so Repartitioning your card can help solve
this issue. We recommend cleaning your SD card completely and then partitioning it. This is how to do so:
- Open the command prompt as an administrator.
- Go ahead and type diskpart and press enter.
- Now select your SD card.
- Type in list disk and press enter.
- Use the select disk X and replace the X with the disk number.
- Now type in clean and press enter.
- Enter the command to create partition primary and then press enter.
- Enter in select partition 1.
- Now enter actively into the prompt.
- Now we can use the disk part to format your disk.
- Format the disk by entering these commands format fs=ntfs label=SDCard
quick and hit enter. - Now to see the disk in the file explorer, we have to assign it a letter. We can do this by
typing in assign letter=n and hitting enter. This should fix your issue
That is all for our fixes for the SD card not formatting issue. Also, see our hub for commonly occurring PC errors and their fixes if you are experiencing other errors on your PC or video games.