فکس ونڈوز فارمیٹ کو مکمل کرنے سے قاصر تھا۔
If you are trying to format SD card or USB drive then it’s possible you may face the error “Windows was unable to complete the format.” There are many possible explanations as to why you’re facing this error such as bad sectors, storage device damage, disk write protection, virus or malware infection, etc. Another major issue regarding formatting USB drive or SD card seems to be because Windows cannot read the FAT partition table. The problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
- The file system on the disk uses 2048 bytes per sector.
- The disk which you’re trying to format is already using a FAT file system.
- You have used another Operating system (other than Microsoft such as Linux) to format the SD card or USB drive.
In this case, there are various solutions to fiThereessage; what may work for one user doesn’t necessary. What will work for another as these fixes depend on user system configuration and environment. So without wasting any time let’s see how to actually Fix Windows was unable to complete the format error message with the below-listed troubleshooting steps.
فکس ونڈوز فارمیٹ کو مکمل کرنے سے قاصر تھا۔
کچھ غلط ہونے کی صورت میں بحالی پوائنٹ بنانا یقینی بنائیں۔
Method 1: Check if your SD card or USB drive has physical damage
Try to use the SD card or USB drive with another PC and see if you’re able to. Next, insert another working SD card or USB drive into the same slot in order to verify that the slot is not damaged. Now once you have removed this possible explanation for the error message we can continue with our troubleshooting.
Method 2: Make sure the USB drive or SD card is not Write Protected
If your USB drive or SD card is write protected then you won’t be able to delete files or folder on the drive, not only this but you also won’t able to format it. In order to fix this issue, you need to switch Tourity lock to Unlock position on the disk in order to remove write protection.
Method 3: todrive using Windows Disk Management
1. Windows Key + R دبائیں پھر ٹائپ کریں۔ diskmgmt.msc اور کھولنے کے لئے درج کریں پر دبائیں ڈسک مینجمنٹ۔
2. If you’re not able to access disk management via above method then press Windows Key + X then select کنٹرول پینل.
3. ٹائپ کریں انتظامی in the Control Panel search and select انتظامی آلات.
4. Once inside Administrative Tools, double click on کمپیوٹر کے انتظام.
5. Now from the left-hand menu, select ڈسک مینجمنٹ۔
6. Find your SD card or USB drive then right-click on it and select شکل
7. Follow-on-screen option and make sure to uncheck the Quick Format آپشن.
This should help you to resolve Windows was unable to complete the fat issue but if to not able to format the drive then continue with the next method.
Method 4: Disable Write Protection in Registry
1. Windows Key + R دبائیں پھر ٹائپ کریں۔ کی regedit اور داخل کریں.
2. درج ذیل رجسٹری کلید پر جائیں:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCCCCCrolrolSetControl اسٹوریج ڈیوائس پالیسیاں
نوٹ: If you can’t locate the اسٹوریج ڈیوائسپولیسس key then you need select Control key then right-click on it and select نیا> کلید. Name the key as StorageDevicePolicies.
3. Find the registry key لکھیں under storageManagement.
نوٹ: If you are not able to find the above DWORD then you need to create one. Select StorageDevicePolicies key then right-click on it and select نئی > DWORD (32-bit) قدر. Name the key as WriteProtect.
4. ڈبل کلک کریں WriteProtect key اور set it’s value to 0 in order to disable Write Protection.
5. تبدیلیاں محفوظ کرنے کے لیے اپنے پی سی کو ریبوٹ کریں۔
6. Again try to format your device and see if you’re able to Fix Windows was unable to complete the format error.
Method 5: Format using Command Prompt
1. Windows Key + X دبائیں پھر منتخب کریں۔ کمانڈ پرپیٹ (ایڈمن).
2. Now type the following command and hit Enter after each one:
diskpart
فہرست ڈسک
3. Select your disk from the list and then type the command:
ڈسک منتخب کریں (ڈسک نمبر)
نوٹ: For example, if you have disk 2 as your SD card or USB drive then the command will be: select disk 2
4. Again type the following command and hit Enter after each one:
صاف
تقسیم کا بنیادی بنانا
فارمیٹ fs = FAT32
باہر نکلیں
نوٹ: You may receive the following message:
The format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. The format may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N)
Type Y and hit Enter, this would format the drive and fix the error “Windows was unable to complete the format.”
5. Your SD card or USB drive has been formatted, and it is ready to use.
Method 6: Use SD Formatter
نوٹ: It deletes all the data, so make sure you backup your SD card or USB drive before continuing.
1. Download SD Formatter from here.
2. Double-click the download file to install the application.
3. Open the application from desktop shortcut then selects your ڈرائیو خط from the Drive drop-down menu.
4. Now, under Formatting options, select Overwrite format آپشن.
5. Click Yes to confirm pop up message which says “Formatting will erase all data on this card. Do you want to continue?”
6. You will see the SD Card Formatter window, which will show you the status of Formatting your SD card.
8. Completely formatting a USB drive or SD card can take some type, so be patient while the above process continues.
9.After the format is complete, remove your SD card and re-insert it.
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