I have a 1 GB sandisk mirco SD card and i accidentally pull it out when i was loading something onto it(yes, i know that was stupid). I've tried formatting it but it says "windows was unable to complete the format". Also, when i use a card reader, it doesnt show up. when i double click the removable drive its in, "My Computer" doesnt respond and i have to control, alt, delete. Can anyone help me?

Theo, July 2007

Really its strange but according me there is no choise for you sorry to say that but if your computer can't read it so you have to change it.

Kura, June 2013

I have 8gb SD card..I accidentally touch the format SD card then i try to insert it again on my phone but my phone says"Removed SD card.Please insert a new one"that means my phone cant read my 8gb SD card..Then since my sony ericsson W8 cant read my memory card i try to insert it on my nokia X2 but it doesnt exist my nokia cant read my 8gb SD card too..So what I will do 4 my problem??I need a help.....

Hello11, May 2012

guys i have a great problem with my sd card too
it's a 8GB micro sd card and works fine but when i put on it songs or videos something strange happens!
when i listen to the songs in my computer there are no problems but as i try to listen them from my mobile phone, the song that is being played stops and another begins..most of the times the song that begins doesn't even exist in my card :S
does anyone know what should i do?
is this problem fixable or have i to buy a new card?
i 'm sorry for my terrible english. now i try to learn the language..

nickolas, April 2012

Try this:
http://www.techgeekandmore.com/tag/unable-to-format-sd-card/

HU-Geek, April 2012

If you are looking for a data recovery option, I can highly recommened try http://recoverfab.com
I had a SD card with nearly 200 photos of my nieces wedding on it. Towards the end of the wedding day, my camera threw me a card error message.
I think there was a problem with the little processor in the card. Usually its possible to recover photos on a card that is just corrupted with software. But this one was dead.
It was completely deceased, I tried it in other cameras, and my pc and it wasn't recognised. I just got a message telling me to format it. I tried to but that gave me an error message too.
After searching the net and finding various data recovery specialists I luckily came across the recoverfab service.
Some of the other services wanted to charge me an astronomical amount of money and even a fee to inspect the card.
I emailed Recoverfab which is based in Germany and asked the owner if he would be able to help.
He told me that it wouldn't be a problem to get the photos for me. I just had to send off the card and he would get back to me with a preview of what he had recovered.
It took 5 days via Royal Mail to get to Germany fro UK. Within 24 hrs I was sent a preview page of the recovered images. The best part was that if I didn't need or want the files I didn't need to pay.
The fees are reasonable and there are discounts available.
The full size photos can be delivered via ftp or CD.
It is definitely worth looking at if your photos are important to you.
Good luck

clickerman, August 2011

help!! my card is an sd micro kingston 2gb, it fits in my phone but not anywhere else!
how can i format it?
it says about a fatal error and i dont know how to fix it?????????????

i am who i am, June 2011

my micro sd card is not open it is display massage format this micro sd card

manish parmar, April 2011

go to http://card-recovery.biz/us/service.php

will ball, February 2011

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kalik, February 2011

I had all kinds of pics on my micro sd card in my motorola droid. it fell off the truck in the road got ran over. no physical damage to card, tried putting it in the new moto droid and it says card needs formatted, tried to format on pc and says cant be formatted. I dont want to lose my photos but cant access card? Please help, a lot of pics needed.

uga487, January 2011

Plugged my 8gb sandisk sd hc back into my phone and connected ok to pc. wouldn't connect to pc before that just froze my desktop until i took it out of the usb reader. Re-formatted with SD formatter all tickety boo!

kenabiss, October 2010

ive just had the same problem, i would reformat it right now but i really cant afford to lose all my files. i did have backup of everything but changing computers lost me my backup and typically, it decided to go corrupt now. Im gonna try the freezer idea, but im doubtful....and those sd formatting programs you can download, will they delete the memory as well? thing is, id rather have no sd card at all than delete everything ive got saved on there...

crystal, October 2010

i just repaired my micro sd by inserting it using adaptor and formatting it :-)

Mohammed Tabish, October 2010

hey guys i have similar problem wid my sd card, its cannot be formatted bt window able to read tha data and when i ll delete all tha data from da sd card nd after format it, all my data get back, its really sucks dont know wt to do please guys HELP ME PLEASE please....i dont wnt to lose my card. :(

vineet, September 2010

I did all kinds, the formatting software, never worked, just hung and did squat, Tried to use windows but that just hung my explorer, thought sod it, whack it in the camera, bobs ya auntie n fannys ya dad, like a new un.....cheers y'all.....

Jason UK, September 2010

Hey theo I have the exact problem man....did you end up fixing it or...

damson, September 2010

Please note that many card types are used today but they remain the most popular over most others are Micro SD cards. Micro SD cards can be reformatted in many domestic cameras that take SD or Micro SD with an adapter. PLEASE ALSO NOTE that a ""Locked Micro SD card is not the same as a corrupted Micro SD card and that is repaired using the file shunt method or the 1.V battery and 2 wire method.
People get confused between corrupted cards and locked cards.

Dr Aramatage Shanks Phd, May 2010

i m using nokia 2700 classic. i have problam with my sandisk 1 gbmicro sd memori card.when i placed it into my phone it show a massage "memory card not formatted. plz help

prandeep, May 2010

Yes, I do the same stupid thing. I've tried to repair a MicroSD card for almost a day long with many tools like SD Formatter 3.0 (http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/), TestDisk and PhotoRec (http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download) and others without success. Finally, before pulling the SD card to the trash I tried scraping the dump contacts. Do it carefully. Then I could format it from windows explorer. All data were lost, of course.

yurusti, April 2010

"I have a 2 GB sandisk mirco SD card and i accidentally pull it out when i was loading something onto it(yes, i know that was stupid). I've tried formatting it but it says "windows was unable to complete the format". Also, when i use a card reader, it doesnt show up. when i double click the removable drive its in, "My Computer" doesnt respond and i have to control, alt, delete. Can anyone help me?

Awais Ahmad"


Hi Awais,

I know it is very basic but i have seen many people have the card write protected problem because of the lock on the SD Adaptor. There is a small plastic switch on the adapter which slides up and down. At times when you insert the card in the reader the switch slides to the down position thus locking the card. Just check that and make sure it is in the Up position to see if you can write to the card.

Shantanu, March 2010

Scan for your virus..........

fufu, February 2010

The person that said put it in the freezer for about 2 hours was RIGHT!!! I had mine in the freezer for about 1 hour and it worked!! I'm shocked!!! opened right up, I tried everything I was about to dump it! thats when I said OK! lets try the Icebox thingy, pluged it in and BAM! opened right up got to copy my music and still! working fine

Ken, February 2010

ive biten in to my memo 2gb card where is the main core what can i do ?

nnnio, February 2010

I have a 2 GB sandisk mirco SD card and i accidentally pull it out when i was loading something onto it(yes, i know that was stupid). I've tried formatting it but it says "windows was unable to complete the format". Also, when i use a card reader, it doesnt show up. when i double click the removable drive its in, "My Computer" doesnt respond and i have to control, alt, delete. Can anyone help me?

Awais Ahmad, December 2009

i have the same problem, i hav 2gd micro sd card, it was working fine but suddenly it stoped working.. i cant delete, format or write any thing on my card it is showing all file but when i copy something i says "disk is write protected" and i cant do anything, but still it is working fine in my cell phone i can listen the songs that i had writed wen it was working fine but cant format or delete any file from my cell too. so i hhav to listen old songs.. any solution how can i fix it.. i had tried sdformatter v2.0 but this software cant format it it says disk is write protected..
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Nabil, December 2009

How about a micro SD card that physically "snapped"? Someone was trying to replace the battery in my phone and accidentally ejected the SD card, then closed the cell phone casing on it. I looks bent, and I can see a hairline crack on one side. Do you think I could take it anywhere and get someone to read it/get the info off of it?

Thanks!

newbie, December 2009

Solution found: I used SDformatter (http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/) to repair a corrupted 8gb micrp SD card (with SD adapter) by reformatting it on my laptop using SDformatter sofware. The card was not recognised on my camera or computer prior to this, but now works fine. :-)

maxi_pak, December 2009

i too have the same problem with the micro sd card
one way to try it out is by using the card in the original intended device and formatting as available in it. this can be done by inserting it into the device by checking through the available options.
:)

~xyzee

xyzee, December 2009

Put your Memory Card In A Plastic Bag And Leave It In The Freezer For About Two(2) Hours.... It Works... Try It out... Mine Was Corrupted & I tried This !!! It Worked.... Horray...

Rogue100%, December 2009

i have the same problem, i have 1gig micro sd, it will works normal before. After i'll putting audio files through memory card reader from my pc and inserting back to my cellphone the fu***** micro sd suddenly cannot recognize in my cellphone. It is better to get new one? or does anyone could be give me some tips to fix it?

Buang, November 2009

Nothing works even if someone has a program that formats the memory card it still wont work you just need to go get a new one

JACR, August 2009

I try SDFormatter V2.0 for a sandisk micro sd 2GB. From windows couldn't format but with this program work verry fine.

Thanks
KEVY for program

fantomas_tm-Romania, July 2009

i've tried that Thann but when i put it into my camera and try formatting it, it opened a screen that said no picture valid or something. i kept doing that and thought i fixed it, but when i put it back into the DS to see if it works, it still freezes on the Booting... screen.
any other tips????

Anomynous, June 2009

try SDFormatter V2.0

KEVY, March 2009

i will try you solution. thanks.

I have a 2GB Kingston Micro SD and while playing songs on my phone, it just stopped and it says that the memory card is corrupted. it doesn't show up in windows anymore.

I also have an 8GB flash drive and while copying some files to it, it just stopped and same problem i got now. when inserted on usb ports, it will only show as "Removable Drive" in explorer but when you try to open the drive, it will say "Please insert disk".

Bruno, November 2008

Theo, i have the same problem with you..
have u already solve it???
how???

happy, September 2008

i have tried evey thing it wont work your card is DEAD!!!!!!!!! get a new 1

romos, August 2008

Yeah, try putting it in a digital camera or something. It worked for me - (Thanks Thann).

I had a problem with a 2G Trend Micro Mini SD card (I know, "Trend Micro"?, but it came with my phone). It's a crappy card and it was shot to hell, but it even got to the point where I couldn't even format it anymore UNLESS it was FAT format, but I needed FAT32.

So, I put it into my old digital camera and connected it to my computer, it showed as a drive again, and I was able to format it in FAT32 and it shows on my MDA again! As if I didn't need to tell anyone, NEVER PUT IRREPLACEABLE DATA on an SD card.

PJ, May 2008

well, i use the micro SD card for my nintendo DS, but i dont have a digital camera. i already tried to format it on windows pc beforehand and it couldnt format. i also tried to format it on my cell phone, but it wouldnt work either.

Theo, July 2007

If you have a digital camera that accepts SD cards (and you also have a MicroSD to SD converter) you can try placing the card into a digital camera and using the camera's format function. I have repaired many a card using this method. The other advice I can give you is to NEVER use a Windows PC to format a flash memory device. I have seen arguments from both sides on this issue, but in my experience, I have seen it ruin several cards.

Thann, July 2007