How to Remove Windows was Unable to Complete the Format Message

Sometimes, when we try to format a pen drive, we get an error- windows was unable to complete the format. Formatting of drive is not a difficult work. We can format the drives using computer or laptop but there are situations when formatting becomes difficult and windows fails to format your USB pen drive because of some unknown reasons and under these situations you need to help. In this post I will show you, how to remove write protection from pen drive or memory card.


Read : Another method to format write protected memory card or pen drive.

Remove windows was unable to complete the format message

Step 1. Go to Start > Run.

Step 2. Type cmd in the run box and click on ok.

Step 3. In the command prompt or cmd, type "C:> Format H: /q" and press enter.

C:>(space)Format(space)H:(space)/q

H is the letter of  your drive.


Also Read : Shutdown your computer via command prompt



Use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

If the above mentioned method does not works then you can try HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. This is a good tool to deal with any issue that you might face when trying to format an USB drive.

Search this tool on internet. You can download HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool from internet.

These are the best and working methods to solve windows was unable to complete the format message in windows. Try the above methods one by one and one of them might work for you. Now you have the knowledge to format a write protected pen drive.