How To Fix “SD Card Not Formatting” Error?

I. Reasons for the error message The disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now? when using the SD card

When connecting the SD card to the computer, the error message “The disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now?” appears. In addition to physical damage, the reasons may be as follows:

● The SD card has some bad sectors or the file system is damaged.

● The SD card has been infected with a virus, resulting in incomplete formatting.

● The SD card format operation is very frequent.

● Remove the SD card from the phone or camera in an incorrect way.

● Sudden power failure when writing, reading or transferring data to the SD card.

If you select (Yes) in this error pop-up window, the system will format the SD card, and then all files in the SD card will be erased. If there are some important data in your SD card, it is recommended that you select (No) to refuse the system to format the SD card. Regardless of which option you choose, it is recommended that you use the data recovery methods below to scan and recover your SD card. If there are no important files in your SD card, you can view them directlyContents of the third part , Repair the SD card directly.

II. Use Renee Undeleter to recover SD card data

When the SD card cannot be opened normally and the files in it cannot be accessed, or the SD card has been formatted, you can use professional data recovery software to scan and restore it. The following uses Renee Undeleter as an example to illustrate.

1. What is Renee Undeleter?

Rene.E Laboratory ™ data recovery software It is a software specially used to restore system data files. When you accidentally delete important files, empty the recycle bin, or format the disk/storage, you can use this tool to retrieve the lost data. The software covers four functional modules, including file recovery, format recovery, partition recovery and image creation, which can help you solve all data loss problems in an all-round way.

2. How to use Renee Undeleter to recover SD card data?

Step 1: Connect the SD card to the computer through a card reader, download and install Renee Undeleter on the computer, and run Renee Undeleter. Select the (Format Recovery) option on the main interface.

Step 2: Next select the SD card partition. After the selection is complete, click (Next).

Step 3: Please wait patiently for the scan, the scan time will depend on the memory size of the SD card. After scanning, you can double-click the file to preview, then select the file to be recovered and click the (Recover) button. Notice: It is recommended to save the recovered files in other partitions instead of the original SD card to avoid data overwriting. If (Format Recovery) cannot find the file you need, you can also try (Partition Recovery) function.

III. The solution to the error message The disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now? when using the SD card

After the important files are successfully restored or transferred, you can rest assured to repair the SD card without worrying about data loss. The following are some repair methods that can be tried (Note: some SD card repair methods may clear the data in the SD card, it is recommended to do data backup or transfer in advance, etc.).

1. Check the system file error of the SD card

When the “disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now?” error prompt, you can first use the file system error checking function of the Windows system to check and repair the SD card.

Step 1: Open the file explorer, right-click on the SD card, select (Properties) > (Tools), and click (Check) in the “Error checking” column.

Step 2: Click (Scan and Repair Drive). If errors are found, restart the computer to repair the file system. After the drive is repaired, turn the SD card back on to check if the problem is resolved.

2. Uninstall the SD card in the device manager and reconnect and install the driver

Step 1: Right click on the (Start) menu and select (Device Manager).

Step 2: Find the SD card device in the device manager (you can try to find it in “Disk Drive” or “Universal Serial Bus Controller”), right-click the SD card device, and select (Uninstall Device) > (Uninstall). Then eject the SD card, restart the computer, and connect the SD card to the computer again.

Step 3: Your computer will automatically install the corresponding driver. If it is not installed automatically, you can right-click the SD card in the device manager, select (update driver) > (automatically search for updated driver software). Then follow the prompts to complete the operation. Check again after the update to see if the problem with the SD card has been resolved.

3. Use the chkdsk command to repair the SD card

Step 1: Search (cmd) directly in the search box in the lower left corner, and select (run as administrator) to open the command prompt.

Step 2: Enter the command ( chkdsk F: /f /r /x ), and press (Enter) to fix SD card errors. After the SD card is repaired, please recheck whether the SD card works normally.

4. Use the diskpart command to format the SD card

Step 1: Connect the SD card to the computer through a card reader, enter (cmd) in the search box, right-click (command prompt), and select (run as administrator).

Step 2: Next, enter the following commands in sequence in the command prompt window, and press the (Enter) key after each command:

diskpart

list disk (The disks in the computer will be listed, and the disk number of the SD card can be judged according to the capacity)

select disk 1 (1 is the disk number of the SD card)

clean (The partitions and volumes on the disk will be deleted, and all information will be cleared, but the cleared data will only be marked as deleted and may be recovered)

After that, please continue to enter the following commands, and press the (Enter) key after each command:

create partition primary (Create a primary partition. If necessary, you can enter it on the next command line assign letter = H , H is the drive letter of the new partition)

format fs=fat32 quick (fs=fat32 means to format the SD card as a FAT32 file system, you can also choose NTFS or exFAT file system, quick means to quickly format)

exit (quit)

The above are some repair methods for the error message “The disk is not formatted, do you want to format it now?” when using the SD card, and you can also tryChange drive letter for SD card orFormat it in Disk Management wait.