"Windows can not complete formatting" error. What should I do if the error "Windows can not finish formatting"?

No doubt, the usual flash drive, as a device for online storage of information, in its traditional purpose is sometimes simply irreplaceable. At the same time, despite its operational lack of expediency and indisputable practicality, a USB-drive or another type of Flash-device can still fail its owner. A fairly common problem is "Windows can not finish formatting" - a vivid example. As a result, this error occurs and how to fix it - read in this article.

Generalizing Introduction

We will not list the reasons that push the user to such cardinal measures as the complete cleaning of any Flash-drive from the data placed on it. In our case, the affected problem ("Windows can not finish formatting") will be considered as the result of an unsuccessful attempt to erase everything that is on the USB flash drive, ie, removable media of any type. Secondly, in the framework of the article presented, the reader will be given a practical answer to the question of how to restore a corrupted file system. By the way, most often the failure of the operating system to perform a repeated or another markup of the disk space of the information storage device of one type or another is caused precisely because of the latter's failure.

Write protection

In this case, the problem with the flash drive ("unable to finish formatting") can be solved quite simply:

• Press the Win + R key combination.
• Further in the field "Run" we write: cmd.
• In the Shell, type DISCPART.
• In the next line, after the symbol ">", you need to specify a specific command: list disks.

• After the list of active disks is displayed on the screen, you need to determine which digital point corresponds to your removable (problematic) drive.
• Enter the command select disk X, where x is the serial number of your flash drive.
• Finally, we set: attributes disk clear readonly.

If, after applying all of the above, the result remains unchanged, and Windows can not complete the formatting, then resort to the next recovery option.

What should I do if the file system is corrupted?

If the removable drive connected to the PC is recognized by the system, but its contents remain a "digital secret" for you, and the illuminated formatting situation eventually ends with the same podnadoyshey error, try a few simple steps:

• Enter the command: diskmgmt.msc in the search bar of the start menu.
• After you press the Enter key, the "Disk Management" working window appears on the screen.
• As a rule, "whimsical" flash drive is displayed in the lowest part of the service console. Click on it with the right mouse button and select "Delete volume" from the drop-down list.

• Agree that the information from the Flash-drive will be erased: click "Yes" in the appeared service window.
• After the disk area of the "reanimated" flash drive is designated by the system as "Not Distributed", again call the context menu in which to activate the "Create a simple volume" item.

Sure, the problematic situation, when Windows can not finish formatting a flash drive or memory card, will be resolved after you make a new disk space layout.

About system "RAW-troubles"

It often happens that as a result of a software failure of the OS, the removable drive partially fails. That is, all the same flash disk that is visible by operating means completely refuses to obey the commands of the user. This kind of "non-perception" of the OS can be explained by the fact that the file system of the Flash device is incompatible with Windows. In other words, the problem disk has an incomprehensible markup for the operating environment. Error: "Windows can not finish formatting" is unavoidable if you want to perform the operation we have specified with a USB flash drive or memory card that was used on a computer running Mac OS or Linux. However, everything is fixable if you implement the above recovery algorithm. However, in some cases it is necessary to perform a number of additional actions.

• Enter the work area of the Disk Management console.
• After pointing the marker on the flash drive, right-click the context menu and select "Change drive letter or ...".
• Then click the "Delete" button and confirm your actions by activating the corresponding key.

After you start the process of creating a simple volume known to you, in the "File system" checkbox, specify the value of FAT32 - this is the most acceptable option for almost all flash drives. Otherwise, everything is simple: press the "Next" button and "system incomprehensions" such as "Windows can not finish formatting" will be fixed. Otherwise, you will not be able to do without the use of specialized software.

When all described methods do not help, and the flash drive is so needed!

In addition to the standard means of recovering the performance of Flash-drives, there are a lot of other software tools. But here there is one nuance. As you know, there are a lot of different modifications of portable storage devices on the market, and each manufacturer strives to give its products a unique uniqueness.

It is not difficult to guess that the most correctly working recovery software is exclusively firm software, "sharpened" for certain brand models. This should be remembered, since careless and reckless application, so to speak, of unoriginal utilities can deplorably affect the further performance of a removable memory device.

Final part

So, now you know the answer to the previously difficult question: "Windows can not finish formatting" - what should I do? As practice shows, the standard OS-tool competently copes with tasks of this kind. Perhaps it will disappoint you, but the answer to the question of how to choose the most suitable software for flash drive recovery will not be considered within the framework of this article. However, full information on this particular problem, you can easily find yourself, the resources of the relevant subject matter are abundant. All the best to you and readability to your removable storage device!