How To Format Pendrive And Memory Card [ Many Methods]

Method 1:- Format Pendrive Using cmd (Command Prompt)

1. Connect USB pendrive or SD card to your PC.
2. Click on Start > Search> Run > Type cmd and click on OK.
3. Assuming the letter assigned to the USB flash drive is H, type the following command:
a. format /q /x H: and press Enter.
b. The q parameter stands for quick format
c. The x parameter forces the selected volume to dismount, if needed.

For fat 32 type format /fs:fat32/q H:

For ntfs  type format /fs:ntfs/q H:

Note: Don’t forget to replace the letter “H“ with your drive letter.

Method 2:- Format using By Default Windows Option.

• Plug your USB flash drive or memory card into the USB slot of your computer.
• Normally your system should find it as a removable disk drive automatically.
• Open “My Computer” and right click the removable disk drive you have just inserted.
• Click “Format” on the menu that pops up.
• A dialogue box named “Format Removable Disk” should appear.
• Select “FAT 32” under the File System and make sure Quick Format is not selected. (If you are not sure, just leave all the selections as default.)
• Click the start Button.
• A pop-up will inform you that the format action will erase all the data in the flash memory. Make sure you want to erase all data on the disk before you click OK. The formatting process will start once you click “OK”.

Method 3: USB Disk Storage Format Tool (For Windows only)

USB flash drives hold everything from personal and medical information to music and pictures and even secure data, with the added advantage of being small and rugged enough for keychain duty. USB flash drives provide option to format a pendrive when window was enable to format the USB drive due to some resource errors. USB Disk Storage Format Tool utility allows you to quickly and thoroughly format virtually any USB flash drive with your choice of FAT, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS partition types.

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FEATURES:

1. Quick format and safe format.
2. Erase all data and delete space on flash drives that cannot be removed in the traditional way.
3. Remove any tracks of malicious software that may have infected it.
4. Correct partition errors if any.
5. Create volume label for USB disk drives.
6. Scan drive for errors before formatting.
7. Create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB.
8. Compatible with all version of windows.