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NOT ABLE TO FORMAT MY PENDRIVE


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Slomo Wilson
2015/11/24 05:28
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Sandisk 32 GB pendrive.

getting error Windows was unable to complete the format

Please help.
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Answered by
Lokesh Yadav
2015/11/27 05:54
Hi Slomo,

You can solve your problem by following the below steps:
  • First in the explorer window your pen drive is shown as follows:
Unable to complete the format
Windows was unable to complete the format
  • Now right click on computer, select Manage.Computer Management window will open.Select Disk management and all the drives on your system will be shown.
disk management
  • Go to bottom of window, right click on your pen drive and select change drive letters and paths .Remove the previous name and assign any other name which is not previously assigned.
windows was unable to complete the format
  • Then again right click on pen drive in computer management window and select New simple volume.A wizard will open .Click next and select FAT32 as file system.Again click next and your pen drive will be formatted and all space will be recovered.
unable to complete the format

formatting the usb drive


If you face any problem in implementing above steps ,do let me know in comments.


I hope this helps.

Regards,
Lokesh.


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