How to force format a SD Card or PenDrive/USBDrive on Windows XP, How to format a SD Card
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UMA ELECTRONICS ENTERPRISE © Uma Electronics Enterprise. INDIA. [email protected] http://www.umaelectronics.com Force Formatting a SD Memory Card . Introduction: You may have experienced problems in deleting a Disk, many times because they contain corrupts files or virus. This document helps you to format such disks. Caution: Formatting a disk clears everything insise it. So, while formatting, make sure you have taken backup of all data inside it.
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Are you unable to format a sd card or pendrive?The problem could be corrupt files, or even virus on the drive. Read this and document to know how you can do that.This document is uploaded to aid in the usage of SD Memory card in Uma Electronics products. Format a SD Card or SDHC Memory Card on Windows easily
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Force Formatting a SD Memory Card .
Introduction: You may have experienced problems in deleting a
Disk, many times because they contain corrupts files or virus. This document helps you to format such disks.
Caution: Formatting a disk clears everything
insise it. So, while formatting, make sure you have taken backup of all data inside it.
UMA ELECTRONICS ENTERPRISE
© Uma Electronics Enterprise. INDIA. [email protected] http://www.umaelectronics.com
Step 1:
Start->Run. Type diskmgmt.msc and press OK
Step 2: You will see the disk management window containing all the info for your drives
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Step 3: You will see a window similar to the one below. For SD Memory card, use FAT32, and Allocation Size as 512. Do not click on “Perform a quick Scan option” When you click OK, you shall got a message similar to the one below. Clcik OK in the warning box.
Step 4:
In my case, there was a virus preventing autorun.inf to be deleted. So, I get a message like the above one, asking whether to Force Format. Click on YES
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Step 5:
It will take some time, and will format the Memory card. Initially you will see the status as below. The image below shows a status of 16%. This will climb
to 100%
Step 06: When the formatting is completed, you will see a Healthy sign as below. Now close the Disk Manger , and use the SD memory card.
