Windows was unable to complete the format [Solved]

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Den Jul 14, 2008 11:36AM

Hi mate, I am denny from india..i have same prob and i solved it with the following way...i think this issue was with the deleting of its primary partition..if this was the issue uc an solev it by this way..ok..just try it...

go to desktop and right button the my computer and slect the Manage
then goto disk management from the options
then select the flash drive from the clicked windows..i think its may be 3rd window

and u can format ur flashdrive with the options u got from there....ok...i solved my issue with this way..so just try it...

den

nick - Aug 11, 2008 10:18AM

thanx alot it really helped

Tani - Aug 23, 2008 08:25AM

Thanx Yaar , really mind blowing.

nani - Jan 19, 2009 11:54PM

hi this is kiran iam having 32gb kingston pen drive.

I tried in the same way but it is showing that unable to complete the format.

Even i tried in msdos prompt also but i could not resolve this issue.

could u suggest me better procedure for that.

Rishabh - Feb 13, 2009 05:39AM

Thanks A lot man.. It worked...

eloy - Feb 18, 2009 08:56PM

amazing, thank you so much!

lai - Apr 10, 2009 11:52PM

why my windows was unable to install my NDS link whe I'm try to fix my malfunctioning actio replay?

Markos - Feb 19, 2009 05:43AM

thanks Denny, perfect

jt100 - Mar 21, 2009 12:41AM

Thanks Den. You're great.

DRACULA-TOROGI - Apr 27, 2009 07:40PM

THANKS A LOT DEN.., YOUR ADVICE HELPS A LOT.. I HAD A SUPPER HEAD BANG THE PAST DAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING I CAN DO WITH MY DESTROYED FLASH DISK.. AGAIN.., THANK YOU!!!

tinu - May 19, 2009 09:58AM

Hi Denny,

Thank you very much.I faced the same @ my home and serched 4 help.Then i found ur suggestion and solved my problem easily.You rocked dude.

vishu - Aug 10, 2009 06:07PM

thanks bro
u r superb, only u tell me real thing, all are bakbas
that u say solve the problem,
if any one can't get that then try this

right click on my computer
>manage>disk management
right click on flash drive/ pen drive/ window show 3 drive
format (not in ntfs try it in exFAT)
it works surely

i solve my problem on 40 gb pen drive

so good luck

Rony - Aug 26, 2009 02:25AM

thanks vishu...u said the write thing..it works for me...

Prince - Aug 14, 2009 02:15AM

thanks Den,you are a life saver

martyboy - Aug 18, 2009 07:24AM

thanks mate , cracking advice saved my life thought id lost all my college work

Banua - Oct 6, 2012 11:35AM

thanks man!!!

HELLO - Oct 6, 2012 10:49PM

thank you soooooo much VISHU IT WORKED!!!!

praveen - Oct 8, 2012 09:01AM

thank u soooooo much its working for me tooo..lots and lots of thanks

Arsi - Oct 8, 2012 01:54PM

it is not succesfully format my bro

djlat - Oct 10, 2012 06:49AM

it helped me so much thanks

SKIN ED - Oct 11, 2012 08:57AM

my indian brudda u saved me lifeeeee

Bruceleroy - Oct 13, 2012 02:57AM

Thanks mate!

srinivas - Oct 15, 2012 10:01AM

i am indian....thx its working...m,y prob saloved sir..very...very........thx....

Bhavnish - Oct 16, 2012 06:54AM

nt wrkin

andy - Oct 16, 2012 07:06AM

you are a mirical!!! follow carefully! the answer is with this guy!!!

alokc - Oct 24, 2012 01:55AM

hey that was awesome, thanks dude

any - Oct 26, 2012 02:10AM

its says "unable to complete the format"

v r redban - Oct 26, 2012 08:37AM

thank you it solved mine

Riaz - Oct 30, 2012 03:26AM

Thank you denny. I solved my flash drive format issue.

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DR Sep 12, 2009 03:56PM

I experienced the same problem (my USB device is PQI Traveling Disk i221). My Windows Vista can not solve the problem, fortunately the Windows XP solved the problem. Try these steps on Windows XP:
1. Start, Control Panel,
2. Performance and Maintenance,
3. Administrative Tools,
4. Computer Management,
5. Disk Management,
6. Find the USB drive (usually the last storage device before the optical drive),
7. Click on the USB drive,
8. Right click on it and you will see the options (New Partition or Format)
9. Follow the instruction (I chose FAT32), but please do NOT chose Quick Format.

Good luck.....

DR

divya - Oct 13, 2012 12:06AM

Thank you so mush that helped

raghu - Oct 15, 2012 11:07AM

I tried so many times but itsnt formatting...........

itsmeberlaii - Oct 29, 2012 09:37AM

i tried but its not working

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Hitesh Nov 23, 2008 07:39AM

Reboot PC

Start in Safe mode

format with command prompt(goto>run>cmd>enter)
[formate [driveletter]]

may be work

Good Wish !

radheshyam - Nov 27, 2008 10:18AM

hii thanx for the given information which is really helpful for me..because i have purchased the pendrive 32 gb which is not working wen i was buyed from the shop i donno wat to do i thought i was wasted the money ..but after reading your provided information and tried got succuss and using my pendrive now...iam really impressed by ur work than you..god bless you frnd....

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rangth Apr 23, 2008 12:17AM

hy, i have a problem with a disk drive.i canÂ´t formate him.i receive en error "windows was unable to complete the format" what can i do???

Manu - Jul 7, 2008 10:21AM

i have 16 GB kingston pen Drive i can,t reformat and its saying windows unable to format

pramod k pandey - Jul 24, 2008 06:04AM

if i send the folder in the pen drive it shows the folder but not shown the file in tht folder, kingston 16 gb

nitin › Manu - Jul 29, 2008 01:36AM

try with the booting process---------------------------------
insert the pen drive in USB and take a bootable disk and insert in the cd rom then restasrt the computer .after some time display show the all drive in the computer than u will see the pen drive after that u will format the pen drive

chopra › Manu - Oct 16, 2008 09:24PM

Hello.

I have face a problem in my pen drive when i format my usb pen drive windows was unable to complete the format
please give me solution..

tnks

PRAVEEN - Nov 25, 2008 04:08AM

formate in LINUX as FAT32 first and then u can formate in windows

metal › Manu - Mar 4, 2009 01:38AM

I HAVE A 2GB FLASH DRIVE AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FORMAT IT.WHAT COUL THE PROBLEM BE AND HOW CAN I OVER SOLVE IT.

a flash with 8 GB - Mar 28, 2009 11:27AM

i need to format my flash, the message showed me - windows was unable to complete the format . the content of flash only 27 MB.

phyo › metal - Jul 1, 2009 02:51AM

i cannot format usb.
when i format it, windows was unable to complete the format usb was appear
my usb pens are kingstom and sony 2gb
I try to format them at every computer but i could not

Karnajit › metal - Jul 23, 2009 02:41AM

i can't format my flash drive of 4GB, i give one error message " windows was unable complete format" , so kindly tell me how to come out from this problem

Tee › Manu - Apr 17, 2009 01:46AM

Cannot complete formating, I can see that my flash is connected on the computer but but cannot see the contents, it is also saying unrecognised format. 1 Gig Kingstone, Datatraveller.

kanna - Jul 15, 2008 12:40PM

plz tell me what to do

eve - Oct 11, 2008 01:11PM

windows was unable to complete the format of removable disk

amit - Feb 11, 2009 04:38AM

hy, i have a problem with a 40GB pen drive.i canÃ‚Â´t formate him.i receive en error "windows was unable to complete the format" what can i do???

vinod - Mar 27, 2009 11:20AM

hi i have a kigston flashdrive with fat 32 and its a 32 gb flash drive am tryin to format it to ntfs and iam getting an error windows cannot complete the format

zaka - May 14, 2009 09:04AM

dear i have also same sort of problem please give me some guide line thanks

Phon - May 23, 2009 06:34AM

hello , can u help me ?

u know ? i have 1 memery that i take it from my phone, i have take it in to card reader and conect to my computer, because i want to format something in my memery, so i do like that

the first

i right clik on start , i take explore, then i right clik on my memery and i take the word format, but it is not complete.

it always sow me ( wndows was unable to complet the format ) ,

so can u help me ?

kittu - Jun 26, 2009 03:44AM

Then go to command prompt
C:\Documents and settings \
then type cd..
then check name of the drive if it is G:
then type
C:\ > g:
g:\> format g then press enter
then it asks to compulsory format or not then press y
then the format is completed

seva,, - Jul 6, 2009 12:07AM

Thank kittu...

it works me ...

G:\>format g:
Insert new disk for drive G:
and press ENTER when ready...
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Verifying 946M
Cannot open volume for direct access.

Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. 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) y
Volume dismounted. All opened handles to this volume are now invalid.

vijay - Aug 3, 2009 09:53AM

your suggestion worked out for me Thanks

karmi - Jul 30, 2009 01:10AM

i have 32 gb pan drive. but show problem window was unable to complete the format..

plz give me salutions

freeze - Aug 26, 2009 10:41AM

This problem occurs because Windows cannot read the FAT partition table. The problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

* The MO disk is already formatted with the FAT file system.
* The file system on the MO disk uses 2048 bytes per sector.
* A non-Microsoft operating system was used to format the MO disk.

This problem does not occur if MS-DOS or the Windows operating system was used to format the MO disk.

WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, format the MO disk with the NTFS file system. Then,...
To work around this problem, format the MO disk with the NTFS file system. Then, reformat the MO disk with the FAT file system.

MORE INFORMATION
This problem may occur with the following sizes of MO media:640 megabytes (MB)1....
This problem may occur with the following sizes of MO media:

* 640 megabytes (MB)
* 1.3 gigabytes (GB)
* 2.3 gigabytes (GB)

iiit jabalpur - Aug 14, 2009 05:40AM

for it using command prompt
type w+r
then type cmd
view "h:"(with out quotes"
then type
format/x h:

here h: is the drive letter of your pendrive

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vishu Aug 10, 2009 06:16PM

if any one can't get that then try this

right click on my computer
>manage>disk management
right click on flash drive/ pen drive/ window show 3 drive
format (not in ntfs try it in exFAT)
it works surely

i solve my problem on 40 gb pen drive

so good luck

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Udvk009 Nov 2, 2009 12:42AM

Thanks dude, the software is awsome.... i worked for my 64 GB USB

Cheers

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siros Dec 2, 2008 10:27PM

Cool

thank you so much

I hope i can help u some day

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joe blow Jul 20, 2008 05:50PM

Just delete the partition first and it works fine :)

den - Jul 21, 2008 08:27AM

cooool

mas - Jul 26, 2008 07:20PM

how do you delete the partition?

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shahid May 15, 2009 01:10AM

number 23 dinatly worked for me let me post again try this guys this is works

hat definitely worked for me (OCZ 4GB USB drive)... I had to go into Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management and right-click on the "Unallocated" (black) block that represented the USB drive and create a new volume. I was only able to choose FAT32 at this stage, but once that worked, I was able to right-click on the mounted drive in My Computer and reformat to NTFS.

Thanks!

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Bolas Oct 9, 2008 06:05PM

That definitely worked for me (OCZ 4GB USB drive)... I had to go into Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management and right-click on the "Unallocated" (black) block that represented the USB drive and create a new volume. I was only able to choose FAT32 at this stage, but once that worked, I was able to right-click on the mounted drive in My Computer and reformat to NTFS.

Thanks!

Paras - Mar 18, 2009 01:18AM

Thanks a lot My pend rive is working properly now.

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123lol Feb 8, 2009 02:22PM

Den, on Monday July 14, 2008 04:36:32 PM

Thank YOU.

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Anonymous Aug 26, 2009 08:16PM

aye man you the best thanks you save me some money this is the only way that works

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Ahmad Jul 29, 2008 03:56PM

i have (smart mmc mobile Nokia N70) i froget my password now how can i format it

prabakar4ever - Oct 3, 2008 10:18PM

Hi , Ahmad . Here is a way to "FORMAT" UR MMC .

PROCEDURE :
First , u have to Install " FILE EXPLORER or FILE MANAGER " in ur Phone memory . Then , using that " FILE EXPLORER or FILE MANAGER " Select SEARCH or ADVANCED SEARCH in it . Then TYPE ""MMCSTORE" and start search . Now u will get that "MMCSTORE" file .

NOW , you open that file using "NOTEPAD" in ur PC .

THERE U WILL FIND UR PASSWORD !!!!!!!

NOTE : INSERT UR LOCKED MMC and do this PRocess .

Curvin - Oct 24, 2012 05:30AM

Hey guys! My USB can't format. It only says "Windows can't complete the format". What should I do?

Guys, help me please. My USB is very important to me, I don't want to lose it. Please help me guys!
Kindly give me the step by step process. I'm beggin' you guys! Please!!! ='(

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