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SD Card fails to format using official SD Card format tool on Windows (programming.dev)

submitted 5 months ago by JackbyDev to c/raspberry_pi

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, when you're having issues with an SD card not formatting, I always try the following steps first. Open powershell or cmd prompt in admin mode then try:

diskpart

list disk

select disk

clean

create partition primary

format quick

Then give it another go. This will often resurrect dead drives/cards/USB sticks or reset them back to their old capacity when it displays wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Are there even any "next steps" after doing this?

I don't mean to sound contrary! I'm genuinely curious. Because it seems like diskpart is a pretty low level tool, so if this trick fails, I'm wondering have you pretty much eliminated software related causes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There may be using a card/drive manufacturers utility but I'm not sure beyond that. I'll usually abandon a drive or card if this doesn't work. With that said, someone smarter than me may have some other suggestions (linux-based?) using gparted or another tool.