Windows unable to format pen drive

Solved/Closed

manesh - Jan 30, 2009 at 04:33 AM
saravanan - Dec 24, 2012 at 11:53 AM

Hello,
I have 4 gb trancent pen drive when I open it windows give message pen drive is not formated and when I formate it
windows gives message "Windows unable to complete the formate"

Thanks
Manesh

Cannot determine the number of sectors on this volume
Blackmagic disk speed test windows - Download - Diagnosis and monitoring
How to format windows 7 - Guide
Bandlab download for pc windows 10 - Download - Musical production
Ubuntu format usb drive - Guide
Kingston format utility - Download - Storage

6 responses

Answer 1 / 6

bharath
Jun 1, 2009 at 12:49 AM

pen drive (latter):j:
Open cmd.
start>run>cmd enter
cd/ enter
format j:/q enter
y enter successful.

Vins
Sep 16, 2009 at 08:24 AM

That was fabulous. Thanks for the tip Manohar!

rk
Dec 29, 2009 at 08:02 AM

Thanx Bharath!

Answer 3 / 6

Lindarx Posts 4 Registration date Friday March 12, 2010 Status Member Last seen March 13, 2010
Mar 12, 2010 at 01:51 PM

What I would say AND THIS DEFINETELY WORKS
Google a program called Hp format.i had the same problem with my pen drive and even mp3
I used to see all forums for the solution and didnt find anything
This was only my idea
and know I am glad I can show it to you
Just download hp format,install,and it will format and fix your pen drive

BINU
May 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now my problem is solved.........

jithesh binu g

Lpgohil
Nov 12, 2012 at 02:28 AM

works perfect thanks for help!

jas711
Nov 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM

100% working thanks

adibou
Nov 15, 2012 at 10:50 PM

worked great!

impu1seS
Dec 1, 2012 at 11:26 AM

Thanks, it worked.

Answer 4 / 6

Allan
Sep 25, 2009 at 07:57 AM

Wat to do with this ?

C:\>format J: /q
Insert new disk for drive J:
and press ENTER when ready...
The type of the file system is RAW.
Please use the /FS switch to specify the file system
you wish to use on this volume.

How to Use FS command ... am bad at DOS :(

Shah Reza
Nov 9, 2009 at 01:43 AM

What to do with this ?

C:\>format J: /q
Insert new disk for drive J:
and press ENTER when ready...
The type of the file system is RAW.
Please use the /FS switch to specify the file system
you wish to use on this volume.

How to Use FS command ... am bad at DOS :(
please help me
as soon as you can please help me

rajashekhar > Shah Reza
Dec 6, 2009 at 10:07 PM

hey , I followed your steps like
in dos , I have written the device name
fromat i:/q
entered y
then it shows a msg like please use the /fs switch to specify the file system
you wish to use on this volume ......
but I dont know what to do.
help me?

ad
May 1, 2010 at 01:59 AM

You need to use:

format i: /q /fs:fat32

saravanan
Dec 24, 2012 at 11:53 AM

i tried above steps what msg I got is "cannot determine number of sectors on this volume"

Answer 6 / 6

rajamcg Posts 13 Registration date Sunday March 1, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 4, 2009 5
Mar 2, 2009 at 11:28 PM

Hi try this,
Open cmd.
start>run>cmd and format your pen drive. or win-key+R.
for ex:
pen drive (latter):j:

C:\>format J:/q Enter .

or using unix operating system to format your pen drive (FAT32 File Type).

Report me....

AB
May 20, 2009 at 02:31 AM

i have 32 gb pen drive.
every time I insert it into usb port a message shown format this drive.i am unable to format it.
i used dos command, windows commands all possible command I know but problem is still persists.
Kindly help me
AB

mit
Jun 13, 2009 at 05:10 AM

hey I did the cmd u said but its saying that its a RAW file so do /fs
n when I did that its telling invalid cmd so plz tell wat can I do...
actually I had done bit locker from win 7////
after that its not working....
the pen drive

yadav > AB
Aug 1, 2009 at 06:16 AM

my pen drive when inserted is not showing any data ,it asks for a format ,when tried its not formating ,i tried dos commond also it says, it is not recognized as an internal or external command,
is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. please try giving me a solution. thank u

psg3201
May 13, 2011 at 08:51 AM

dude it shows the drive something as raw

jAn
Oct 23, 2012 at 06:48 AM

it told me that disk is unusuable ............................................any idea???

Similar discussions

Windows unable to complete disk drive format

"Sorry for the interruption" message on YouTube

PC sound volume is low

External HD no longer works with computer

acer aspire speaker not working properly

volume control on laptop keyboard

Similar discussions

Subscribe To Our Newsletter!