Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Format error "Windows cannot format this Drive..."- Solution


Are you getting "Windows can't format this drive, Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive and try agian formating" error when you try to format your drive? This error will come even if you does not open or use any progarms or files on that drive.

Windows can't format this drive, Quit any disk utilities or other programs that are using this drive and try agian formating










Reson for this error maybe any programs reading or writing data's in that drive or Maybe a virus programs can make this error.

If you sure format that drive you can do it by force formating. first make sure there is formating only gives solution for you? If yes open Run via start menu and type diskmgmt.msc on run dialog then hit enter, Now Diskmanagment untitlity will open. This app shows a detailed information of your harddrives on your computer.

Now Rightclick on the drive that you want to format, and select format..., It wll ask for volume dats such as label, filesystem, alocation size fill it. and hit enter now confirmation click ok. Now wait a moment untill it will ask you

"The volume roxer(X) logical drive currently in use. To force format of this volume click yes "

Force formating




Click yes and wait few second untill the busy cursor of Mouse hide, After it's hide your drive formated and clean. Go to my computer and check it.

You can do more with this inbuilt application on windows XP no need for other third party's application, Just give a look on the application (be carefull you may be delete your drive or other serious problems can cause)

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  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2010 at 6:01 PM

    i can't format my disk d: like this.. so i try your sulution but when i click the drive d: the it's unavailable to click format.. because it fade

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2013 at 9:54 PM

      it's doing the same thing for me too :(

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  2. BaskarJuly 5, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    Is your D: drive is a removable drive?

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  3. AnonymousJuly 6, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    even after using diskmgmt.msc i am getting a msg that the format didnt complete succesfully

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  4. AnonymousAugust 9, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    It work!!! thank u so much... the guilty a virus!!!

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  5. K!$H@NAugust 14, 2010 at 8:52 PM

    thanks a lot...it works..!!!

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2010 at 2:27 PM

    Thank u sooooo much buddy..aj

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM

    thx pal , it works very well.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 2, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    thxxx!!!!

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  9. AnonymousOctober 9, 2010 at 4:05 PM

    thanks! that helped to format my ignorant mp3 player

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    thanks

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  11. UnknownFebruary 6, 2011 at 4:03 AM

    Yeah, no this doesn't work for me, "format" is faded. Any other tips please?

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 12, 2011 at 9:25 PM

    thanks a lot!! hugs hugs hugs! :)

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  13. AnonymousMarch 16, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Format is faded for me too...please help!

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  14. BaskaranMarch 22, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    You have to select the partitions first, Then only the format button will get enabled..

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  15. Jami_Hates_Dat_BitchMarch 22, 2011 at 7:06 PM

    THANK YOU SO MUCH ;D IT WORKED FOR ME <333 *HUGS HUGS*

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  16. AnonymousMarch 23, 2011 at 4:42 AM

    thank you. It works!! =)

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  17. Silver MLMMarch 27, 2011 at 10:09 PM

    I have a Samsung S630 digital camera it has a format and card error?

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  18. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    bhohat bhohat shukriya

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  19. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    it's work.

    thanks

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  20. BaskarApril 3, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Hello Silver MLM,
    Your card may have a I/O error........

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  21. AnonymousApril 15, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    need help please, i have two partion. first i install windows 7 which is become drive C: then i want to install another OS (xp) to the other partition. then after it finished install. i can't boot to windows 7 anymore, so right now i am using xp and the drive letter is F: .. now i want to format the drive C: but it says "cannot format this drive" what should i do now..

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  22. AnonymousApril 16, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    Thanks It solved my problem.. hehehe ^^
    God bless you! :D

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  23. AnonymousApril 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    thanks so much...It works

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  24. AnonymousMay 22, 2011 at 10:27 PM

    ya its really working man....does it brings any harm to pendrive?

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  25. BaskarMay 29, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    No... IT IS FULLY SAFE TO PENDRIVE. BUT YOUR RUNNING PROGRAMS MAY BE AFFECTED. But no need to worry about this because that program is may be a virus......... or other unwanted EXE.

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  26. AnonymousJune 3, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  27. AnonymousJune 25, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Thank you so much........ Dev.

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  28. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    it works man, it shows error if i check perform quick format in my first try. and then in second time, i unchecked that option, and boom, got it.. thanks a lot

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  29. s.periyasamyAugust 10, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    i can't understand !!! i will follow ur instruction step by step ...! but can't use....! wat can i do ?

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  30. MikeAugust 28, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    Thank You from New York!!!!!!!

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  31. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 4:45 PM

    ive just tried this on my mp3 player and it says it was not sucessfully formatted grr i dunno wot to do now

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  32. AnonymousOctober 4, 2011 at 3:40 AM

    ta dude :P

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  33. AshishOctober 6, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    It helped, thanks so much......

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  34. AnonymousOctober 28, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    thanks heaps...got it fixed now..:)

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  35. RussellNovember 8, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    doesnt work for my memory card.... any other suggestion!?! thnx in advance...

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  36. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    unable to format C: cos the format icon is faded.. Any help?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 18, 2012 at 1:27 AM

      You will not be able to format your C:\ drive because your OS is installed on it. try DBAN (Duke's Boot and Nuke) and burn it to a cd.

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  37. Jiang.November 30, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Same problem here . Cant reformat it cause the format icon is faded D:

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  38. HasLePDecember 5, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    ...Thank you so much for helping me fix my USB Flash drive, I thought it's already damaged and useless.

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  39. khurram shahzadDecember 13, 2011 at 8:21 PM

    thanx alot sir this was my big problem that is solved.

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  40. AlanDecember 21, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    To Anon about Windows XP and Windows 7 (Apr. 15):

    Windows XP does not like to share and dominates the boot record whenever it's installed. It will default itself as the startup OS, even if another version of Windows is on the other partition. Either you should have installed XP first and then 7, or you could install a boot loader so that you can select which OS you wish to run.

    Also, you should try Linux. :p

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  41. AnonymousDecember 28, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    it takes too long to format and it fails...didn't work...im using a removable USB flash drive...
    any suggestions?

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  42. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    totally works!! thank you

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  43. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 11:14 PM

    Some solutions might be:

    SafeMode - and check for any files infected with viruses / trojans

    or

    Right click My Computer then opt: Advanced (System Settings) / Performance / Settings / Advanced / Virtual Memory / Change / click and select the HDD for formatting / select No paging file / select Set / then OK / OK and close.

    Now ready to format.

    [find where is the virtual memory activated (if you have one or two HDD installed) sometimes the OS uses both HDD this preventing the formatting process].

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  44. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2012 at 1:22 PM

    thanks a lot this helped

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  45. AnonymousMarch 23, 2012 at 3:41 PM

    Thank you so much for the advice! Literally saved my day %))

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  46. AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    drive c's format optin not highlighted any other means

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  47. AnonymousApril 2, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've been looking at the internet for hours until I saw this. THANK YOUUUUUUU

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  48. AnonymousApril 3, 2012 at 3:27 AM

    cheers!

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  49. SAQIB SHAHZADApril 9, 2012 at 9:12 AM

    Thanks dear, it works.

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  50. AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    ive tried it and it worked but still when im rying to formatagain the flash drive.. the same prompt error Windows cannot format this Drive... pls help tnx

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  51. AnonymousMay 8, 2012 at 3:39 PM

    Thank you very much it works great

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  52. AnonymousMay 8, 2012 at 3:54 PM

    I have tried but doesn't give me the option to format.

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  53. AnonymousMay 21, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    nice! :))

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  54. AnonymousMay 30, 2012 at 4:44 AM

    Yes this method is very effective.

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  55. AnonymousMay 30, 2012 at 4:45 AM

    You cannot format drive c because it is where your system files are located.

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  56. AnonymousJune 24, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Gud work dear

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  57. AnshulJuly 21, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    Thanks a lot...This really helped in restoring my drive.

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  58. AnonymousAugust 15, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    it doesn't work for me .. it says that "the request cannot be completed because the volume is open or in use" But i already closed all tabs that the drive is currently performing , but it still not working .. HELP !

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  59. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2012 at 7:10 PM

    Worked for me!!! Thanks tons

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  60. UnknownOctober 3, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    Nirjhar
    this way i don't reach the solution.

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  61. UnknownOctober 3, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    Not work

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  62. AnonymousOctober 5, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    What if I can't select format by right-clicking on the hard disc I want to format?

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  63. XardozNovember 5, 2012 at 2:39 AM

    Sweet! Good Information

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  64. AnonymousNovember 13, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    ..it does'nt work for me..

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  65. sohaibyDecember 26, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    I cannot format my drive D. whenever i try to format it.., it says.., Windows cannot format this drive. Please quit any utilities or programs that are using this drives. I tried to format it thorugh Disk management tool but the option of Format is faded there too and i cannot format from there as well! My drive D is NTFS and my disk in a Dynamic disk! Please help me. Thank you!!!

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  66. UnknownDecember 31, 2012 at 1:24 AM

    Excellent,thank you very much for this

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  67. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2013 at 6:17 AM

    Fantastic!

    Had an old laptop drive which had only 88% free space and I couldn't get it to format in the normal way

    Did this and got back the missing 12%

    Now have a drive with more space and all old files removed

    Thank you

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  68. Denz GOmezJanuary 25, 2013 at 4:57 PM

    thank you very much sir......... my USB is now OK thank you very much.. :D

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  69. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    Thank you so much. Helped a lot.

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  70. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    THANKS A LOT

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  71. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 5:42 PM

    kksens:

    Thanks it works with in a short work. Really Worthful description from u. Thanks and regards.

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  72. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    Thank You for the help!

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  73. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    maturnyuwun tenan mas!!! infone sangat mbantu....

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  74. AnonymousMarch 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM

    it help me by clicking quick format.. :) thanks..

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  75. AnonymousMarch 10, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    Worked fine for me with a hard drive set up as secondary but had Windows XP installed

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  76. UnknownMarch 11, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    in the drive which i want to format, i dont see the format menu item enabled.

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  77. UnknownMarch 11, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    in the drive which i want to format, i dont see the format menu item enabled.

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  78. Jagtar Singh GillMarch 21, 2013 at 11:05 AM

    Thanks Dear... It works.... Jagtar Singh Gill, Lalton Kalan, Ludhiana Punjab India.

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  79. Jagtar Singh GillMarch 21, 2013 at 11:06 AM

    Thanks Dear ... Its Works... Jagtar Singh Gill, Lalton Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

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  80. AnonymousMarch 21, 2013 at 9:49 PM

    can't format my 1 gb memory card

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  81. Rabison RJune 12, 2014 at 6:32 PM

    Thank You Man It really works u r awsome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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