Unable to format sd card

[ThePotatoMan1248]

 all right I'll just say this right up front I'm stupid so I just recently bought a 256 gig SD card to put in my phone it had a 64 gig SD card in it I was going to put that in my tablet I take it directly out of my phone without formatting it and put it into the tablet it says it can't format it I put it back in my phone and it says it's corrupted I tried to format it a thousand times and then I also try to format it on my computer with a bunch of different programs and Disk Management I can still access all the files but I can't delete anything I don't need the files off of it already took them off how can I format it

[wron]

If it's microSD and you are using an adapter for PC check if the switch is not set on locked

[ThePotatoMan1248]

It is not i tried it both ways

[wron]

Does it show up as read only on windows?

[TempestCatto]

https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager-software/format-sd-card-using-windows-cmd-and-formatter.html

 

Try the 'format using CMD' method in this article.

[ThePotatoMan1248]

I have done that it says successful when I clean it and then when I try to make the partition it says there's not enough free space

[TempestCatto]

I'm now wondering if your SD card isn't just faulty. What make/model is it? Is it a well known brand, or an Aliexpress type knockoff?

[ThePotatoMan1248]

Sandisk ultra

[ThePotatoMan1248]

Sometimes in certain programs it will say it format it successfully and then you refresh it and it's all back

[TempestCatto]

1 minute ago, ThePotatoMan1248 said:

Sandisk ultra

Damn, that's actually a very solid brand. If you've exhausted all possible solutions, perhaps you should consider RMAing it.

[ThePotatoMan1248]

All right. It's over a year old i dont know if i have the receipt 

[TempestCatto]

Just now, ThePotatoMan1248 said:

All right. It's over a year old i dont know if i have the receipt 

It's a year old? I thought it was new. We are talking about the 256gb one right?

[ThePotatoMan1248]

No the 64gb it was in my phone wanted to put in my tablet because i replaced it with a 256gb one

[TempestCatto]

Just now, ThePotatoMan1248 said:

No the 64gb it was in my phone wanted to put in my tablet because i replaced it with a 256gb one

Ohh okay. You're original post wasn't so easy to understand.

Well I don't know what else to say, unless perhaps you used an app or formatting software that put write protection on it.

[ThePotatoMan1248]

Yeah i just probably jacked it up. Is their a way to disable write protection 

[TempestCatto]

6 minutes ago, ThePotatoMan1248 said:

Yeah i just probably jacked it up. Is their a way to disable write protection 

I don't know, but there is surely software (which I think you already tried). I think Sandisk has their own software, so maybe give that a shot.

[Chainer]

23 minutes ago, ThePotatoMan1248 said:

Yeah i just probably jacked it up. Is their a way to disable write protection 

 

Are you comfortable using a Linux platform such as Slackware, Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, etc? There is a way in Windows to disable software write protection with a registry tweak (or third party software if you trust it). Some "LiveUSB/LiveCD" platforms also allow you to (for a lack of a better word) bypass Windows constraints and do what needs to be done.

 

- If Windows is the only thing you feel comfortable doing, a simple 5 step process is all that is required which can be found in method 3 here

- If you wish to give Linux a shot (which isn't terribly complicated and provides more functionality) the instructions can be found here (Though I personally prefer Rufus over UNetBootin as I already know how to download and navigate for the ISO)

- If you already have Linux installed on another machine a drive dock, USB dongle or other mechanism to allow you to access the drive over USB you can run the following commands to disable (or enable) write protection

 

First find which device it is by executing: sudo fdisk -l | more

For example if it displays: "Disk /dev/sda: 53.6 GB, 53687091200 bytes" and I know that is the drive I want I would then execute the following command to turn write-protection off

sudo hdparm -r0 /dev/sda

If you wish to enable write-protection you would issue -r1 instead.

 

I hope that helps, and shines a little light on how to protect devices if you couldn't figure out how to do it. For enabling Window protection I suggest using BitLocker or an alternative software solution.

 

/Edit: Typo

[ThePotatoMan1248]

Thanks I'll give that a shot