Are you getting the error “Windows Can’t Format USB Drive” or “Windows Was Unable to Complete the Format” on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7?
If yes, this step-by-step tutorial will help you fix, solve, and repair USB formatting errors on any laptop, PC, or computer.
This problem commonly occurs when trying to format a USB flash drive, pen drive, SD card, microSD card, external hard drive, SSD, or portable HDD, and Windows displays messages such as:
• Windows was unable to complete the format
• Formatting did not complete successfully
• Windows can’t format the drive
• USB drive shows 0 bytes or unknown capacity
• Unable to format SD card on Windows 10 / Windows 11
Even if File Explorer, Disk Management, or DiskPart fails to format the drive, this guide shows working solutions that apply to all Windows editions.
This issue affects storage devices from many popular brands, including:
SanDisk, Kingston, Samsung, Toshiba, HP, WD My Passport, Seagate, Transcend, Lexar, PNY, ADATA, Crucial, Verbatim, TeamGroup, Patriot, Gigastone, Sony, and more.
It also happens on PCs and laptops from major manufacturers such as:
Dell, HP, Lenovo, ASUS, Acer, MSI, Samsung, Microsoft Surface, LG, Razer, Huawei, Sony VAIO, Fujitsu, Gateway, Toshiba, and others.
🔧 In this video, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Fix USB drives that won’t format (NTFS / FAT32 / exFAT)
✔ Repair corrupted SD cards and microSD cards
✔ Fix “formatting did not complete successfully” error
✔ Restore full capacity to USB drives showing 0 bytes
✔ Use Disk Management, DiskPart, CMD, and CHKDSK properly
✔ Repair drives showing “unknown capacity”
✔ Format USB, SD card, SSD, or external HDD on Windows 11/10/8/7
No matter if you’re using a USB pen drive, flash drive, SD card, memory card, SSD, external hard disk, or My Passport, this tutorial will help you repair, fix, and successfully format your drive.
🗎 Command Text (DiskPart Method):
diskpart
list disk
select disk (your-number)
attributes disk clear readonly
clean
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
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