Can't format a micro sd card

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deployrockets

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i bought a brand new 8gb micro sd card & adapter. when i try to format it "windows was unable to complete the format" apears. what do I do?
 
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AzisTroyanov

AzisTroyanov

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Very Simple

Just Right Click My Computer Choose Manage
Then at Computer Management choose Disk Management
At Disk2 Right Click at your "Protect Removable Disk" ex: "Removable Disk (F:)"
and Choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths for ....."
Simple Click "REMOVE", then Click "ADD", simple ....
Try to Format Yours then Try to Copy Another files


source: http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-62445-windows-was-unable-to-complete-the-format
 
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bellbaby

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I couldn't do anything with my microsd card other than copy the files. I couldn't write to it, or delete or format it. I just solved the problem by going into properties and "sharing" it, and adding all controls to the user of my pc.
 
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Johnk860

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Format the card in a digital camera. The camera doesn't care about any protection except the mechanical switch on the card. Once formatted, it should work in the PC without a problem. BTW, the solution works for Macs as well
 
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xeonox

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i had tried formatting inside of android and received a corrupt sdcard error " command 80 volume partition disk 179_96 public failed with 400 80 command failed ". i tried to format in windows using the standard built in windows formatting tool and it fail as well giving me the " Windows was unable to complete the format " so i tried using diskpart and it also would not let me re-partition or format. I was about to try it in linux but i had found a thread online suggesting TWRP. So i formated my microSDcard using TWRP and it SUCCESSFULLY formated. I know you probably dont have TWRP or want to go thru the hassle, but I will assume and am pretty sure that had i tried linux distro or linux live cd it would have re-partitioned and formated as well using mkfs.fat which is what TWRP used to repartition and format.
 
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