

After formatting finishes, you will get a message saying, "Format complete". Right-click on the drive you want to format, select "Format" button, and then click "Start" button.

Generally, partition formatting is very simple and takes only a couple of seconds to complete in Windows. This error blocks you from formatting the partition, deleting everything quickly, repairing corrupted file system (RAW drive), changing the file system type (e.g.

The "Windows was unable to complete the format" error appears when you try to format a partition of USB drive, memory card, external HDD, etc, after right clicking the drive in Windows File Explorer to format it. The "Windows was unable to complete the format" error
