I need help reformatting back my sd card please?

David444

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So You know how I tried to boot windows from my sd card and my bios didn't support that? Well it turns out I need a flash drive. But I deleted the windows files off the sd card, and put back my pictures and put the card into my camera and it said that the camera couldn't recognize it and to please re-format the card. I did indeed have to format the card differently to get windows but how can I get it to return to it's original state?
 
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Do you remember what file system the card used before you formatted it?

If you do, you can reformat the card by searching for partition in the start menu and selecting "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions". It might take a little bit to load all the drives, but when it's done your SD card should show up in the list. Right-click it and select Delete Volume or Delete Partition. Then right-click the now partition-less card and select New Simple Volume/Partition. You can then select the appropriate file system and format. Windows should automatically assign all free space on the card to this new partition.
For an SD card it doesn't really matter if you select Quick Format or not, Quick Format is quicker (obviously) but it doesn't...

Vexillarius

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Do you remember what file system the card used before you formatted it?

If you do, you can reformat the card by searching for partition in the start menu and selecting "Create and Format Hard Disk Partitions". It might take a little bit to load all the drives, but when it's done your SD card should show up in the list. Right-click it and select Delete Volume or Delete Partition. Then right-click the now partition-less card and select New Simple Volume/Partition. You can then select the appropriate file system and format. Windows should automatically assign all free space on the card to this new partition.
For an SD card it doesn't really matter if you select Quick Format or not, Quick Format is quicker (obviously) but it doesn't securely erase the card's contents. Shouldn't matter unless you're selling or discarding the card after formatting.

If you don't remember what file system the card used it'd be simplest to just try the above with different File System options selected and checking after each attempt.
 
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