Not allowed to create partitons on sd card

SimonGul

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Hello!

I just removed all the partitions of my sd card (don't know why)
And now i plugged it in to my windows machine and it gives an error.
I cant format it, not with windows, not with other programs.
They all give an error.

I also cant create a partiton on my sd card.
It is 2 days old, what can i do to get it back working?
 
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Hey there, SimonGul.

Basically when it comes to flash drives and memory cards, Windows has issues if they are partitioned. There are numerous ways to partition them, but Windows will be able to see only one primary partition at a time. Anyway, you could check out this thread and the suggestions in it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1653970/partition-sandisk-32gb-microsd.html.

However it does sound like you can't format it at all. If this is the case, perhaps it would be best to give it a try with its manufacturer's formatting tool, or get in touch with the customer support to see what are your options. Basically if the memory card has failed, you should try to RMA it.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
Hey there, SimonGul.

Basically when it comes to flash drives and memory cards, Windows has issues if they are partitioned. There are numerous ways to partition them, but Windows will be able to see only one primary partition at a time. Anyway, you could check out this thread and the suggestions in it: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1653970/partition-sandisk-32gb-microsd.html.

However it does sound like you can't format it at all. If this is the case, perhaps it would be best to give it a try with its manufacturer's formatting tool, or get in touch with the customer support to see what are your options. Basically if the memory card has failed, you should try to RMA it.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 
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