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Micro SD card will not let me reformat it?

when i try it say 'disk is write protected', there are no buttons or switches on the micro sd. it came from a phone, android, and i want to reformat it for use again anew.
in disk management is has 'read-only'; and has 2 partitions on it a, a 16mb unallocated, and a 60.05gb exfat healthy , primary.
i cnanot right click to delete volume, its greyed out.
ideas?
i'm on windows 10 64 bit os.
thanks, i did look up some cmd prompt line item commands to try that didnt work either? why is this so hard to do?

Ramin

did you check it for Virus ?
this link also may be helpful,
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-fix-write-protection-errors-on-a-usb-stick/

MarcHelfand

ASKER

hi, thanks, i tired the disk part, still a no go, cannot format, as i get that error, tried removing/clearing attributes in cmd dos mode. still no go

Ramin

it probably has damaged,

did you try these cmd commands:
chkdsk "SDdriveletter:" /f
or
chkdsk "SDdriveletter:" /x /f
where "SDdriveletter" is your sd drive letter. for example H:

if that didn't help then you need a program so-called USB/SD card fixer, try this program:
http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/free-partition-manager-software/best-memory-sd-card-format-tool.html

Ramin

Ideally the card should be formatted in the phone and not on the computer. Have you tried formatting the card while inserted in the phone? Unallocated space means the space is not allocated (ready) for use. Normally, you can right click on the drive (disk) in disk management and choose to initialize and format the disk. If the phone has a USB connection and you have the USB cable you could try connecting via the USB cable instead of removing the card.

MarcHelfand

ASKER

ill try to place back into phone to delete data/partition... i hadnt tried that as yet. the software and the chkdsk didnt work, bot hjust said disk was write protected.

Ramin

Good Idea, thanks for your feedback.

MarcHelfand

ASKER

still no go, wasnt recognized as storage by phone.

Ramin

did you mount it in settings ?

MarcHelfand

ASKER

ya, didnt even see it

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Ramin