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Ajl721: Step 10 should say "If FAT32 was not an option in step 9", not 4. Not sure how that happened.

2024-06-13T18:09:11Z

Step 10 should say "If FAT32 was not an option in step 9", not 4. Not sure how that happened.

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	<li>Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code></li>		<li>Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code></li>
	<li>Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "FAT32" or "exFAT" as the file system</li>		<li>Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "FAT32" or "exFAT" as the file system</li>
	<li>If FAT32 was not an option in step 4, [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]].</li>		<li>If FAT32 was not an option in step 9, [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]].</li>
	<li>Copy your data back onto your SD card.</li>		<li>Copy your data back onto your SD card.</li>
	</ol>		</ol>

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

ItsCrocoSwine: fixed list formatting

2024-02-16T16:23:16Z

fixed list formatting

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	<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card</li>		<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card</li>
	<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code></li>		<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code></li>
	# Close the diskpart window, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar		<li>Close the diskpart window, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar</li>
	# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it		<li>Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it</li>
	# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>		<li>Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code></li>
	# Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "FAT32" or "exFAT" as the file system		<li>Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "FAT32" or "exFAT" as the file system</li>
	# If FAT32 was not an option in step 4, [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]].		<li>If FAT32 was not an option in step 4, [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]].</li>
	# Copy your data back onto your SD card.		<li>Copy your data back onto your SD card.</li>
			</ol>

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Thepikachugamer: exFAT is sometimes not an option (!?)

2024-01-28T00:06:09Z

exFAT is sometimes not an option (!?)

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	# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it		# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it
	# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>		# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>
	# Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "exFAT" as the file system		# Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "FAT32" or "exFAT" as the file system
	# [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]] ~~and then copy~~ your data back onto ~~the~~ SD card		# If FAT32 was not an option in step 4, [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]].
			# Copy your data back onto your SD card.

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

StarlitSkies: enforce reformatting with SD association tool, sync style choices with manual of style

2024-01-21T20:13:57Z

enforce reformatting with SD association tool, sync style choices with manual of style

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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.</li>		<li>Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar</li>
	<li>Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.</li>		<li>Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code></li>
	<li>Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card. {{info\|text=Disk 0 will always be your main windows drive, so you'd select any disk after it.}}</li>		<li>Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card {{info\|text=Disk 0 will always be your main windows drive, so you'd select any disk after it.}}</li>
	<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.</li>		<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card</li>
	<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>		<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code></li>
	# Close the diskpart window, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar.		# Close the diskpart window, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar
	# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it.		# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it
	# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>.		# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>
	# Click through all the prompts until ~~you get to~~ the one about formatting - ~~there~~, select "~~FAT32~~" as the file system.		# Click through all the prompts until the one about formatting - in that prompt, select "exFAT" as the file system
	#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|~~format~~ the SD card to FAT32]].		# [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Reformat the SD card to FAT32]] and then copy your data back onto the SD card
	~~# Once the format is complete,~~ copy your data back onto the SD card.

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Vanny1987: Re-added disk management steps, as it confuses people when trying to format empty partitions. Also Windows prevents you from formatting the drive while windows is running, so edited the warning

2023-12-12T12:32:00Z

Re-added disk management steps, as it confuses people when trying to format empty partitions. Also Windows prevents you from formatting the drive while windows is running, so edited the warning

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	This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using diskpart. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.		This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using diskpart and Disk Management. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.

	This page is for Windows users only. If you are not on Windows, see the [[SD Clean/Mac\|Mac]] and/or [[SD Clean/Linux\|Linux]] pages instead.		This page is for Windows users only. If you are not on Windows, see the [[SD Clean/Mac\|Mac]] and/or [[SD Clean/Linux\|Linux]] pages instead.
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	<li>Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.</li>		<li>Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.</li>
	<li>Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.</li>		<li>Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.</li>
	<li>Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card. {{~~Warning~~\|text=~~Never select disk~~ 0~~! This~~ will always be your main windows drive.}}</li>		<li>Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card. {{info\|text=Disk 0 will always be your main windows drive, so you'd select any disk after it.}}</li>
	<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.</li>		<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.</li>
	<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>		<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>
	~~<li>~~Close the diskpart window.</li>		# Close the diskpart window, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar.
	<li>[[~~Special:MyLanguage/~~Formatting an SD card/Windows\|~~Format~~ the SD card]].~~</li>~~		# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it.
	~~<li>~~Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.~~</li>~~		# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>.
	~~</ol>~~		# Click through all the prompts until you get to the one about formatting - there, select "FAT32" as the file system.
			#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|format the SD card to FAT32]].
			# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Ihaveahax: make link into Special:MyLanguage/Formatting an SD card/Windows

2023-08-15T04:03:48Z

make link into Special:MyLanguage/Formatting an SD card/Windows

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	<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>		<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>
	<li>Close the diskpart window.</li>		<li>Close the diskpart window.</li>
	<li>[[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Format the SD card]].</li>		<li>[[Special:MyLanguage/Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Format the SD card]].</li>
	<li>Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.</li>		<li>Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.</li>
	</ol>		</ol>

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Ihaveahax: replace wiki list with html list (fixes warning box breaking the list order)

2023-08-15T03:58:06Z

replace wiki list with html list (fixes warning box breaking the list order)

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	{{warning\|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}		{{warning\|Before beginning these steps, copy all of your SD card's contents to a folder on your computer.}}

	# Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.		<ol>
	# Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.		<li>Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.</li>
	# Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card.{{Warning		<li>Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.</li>
	\| text = Never select disk 0! This will always be your main windows drive.		<li>Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card. {{Warning\|text=Never select disk 0! This will always be your main windows drive.}}</li>
	}}		<li>Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.</li>
	# Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.		<li>Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.</li>
	# Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.		<li>Close the diskpart window.</li>
	# Close the diskpart window.		<li>[[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Format the SD card]].</li>
	# [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Format the SD card]].		<li>Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.</li>
	# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.		</ol>

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Panencakes: Removed disk management steps, they are unnessecary since the sd format guide already partitions the sd card, also added a warning about disk 0

2023-08-15T03:50:43Z

Removed disk management steps, they are unnessecary since the sd format guide already partitions the sd card, also added a warning about disk 0

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	This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using diskpart ~~and Disk Management~~. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.		This is an add-on section for completely recreating an SD card's filesystem using diskpart. This should only be done if formatting does not fix your issue or is not possible for some reason.

	This page is for Windows users only. If you are not on Windows, see the [[SD Clean/Mac\|Mac]] and/or [[SD Clean/Linux\|Linux]] pages instead.		This page is for Windows users only. If you are not on Windows, see the [[SD Clean/Mac\|Mac]] and/or [[SD Clean/Linux\|Linux]] pages instead.
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	# Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.		# Launch <code>diskpart</code> by searching for <code>diskpart</code> in the Windows search bar.
	# Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.		# Once diskpart is active in the new Command Prompt window, type <code>list disk</code>.
	# Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card.		# Find your SD card in the list of disks (hint: look for the size of your card), then type <code>select disk #</code>, where # is the disk number of your SD card.{{Warning
			\| text = Never select disk 0! This will always be your main windows drive.
			}}
	# Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.		# Type <code>list disk</code> again. You should now see a * next to your SD card.
	# Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.		# Once you are absolutely sure that you have selected the right disk, type <code>clean</code>, then type <code>convert mbr</code>.
	# Close the diskpart window~~, and search for <code>diskmgmt.msc</code> in the windows search bar.~~		# Close the diskpart window.
	# Once the disk management window loads, you should be able to see your SD card as a black 'unallocated' area in the bottom part of the window. You may have to scroll down the bottom part of the window to see it.		# [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|Format the SD card]].
	~~# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>.~~
	~~# Click through all the prompts until you get to the one about formatting - there, select "FAT32" as the file system~~.
	#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|~~format~~ the SD card ~~to FAT32~~]].
	# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.		# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.

	[[Category:General guides]]		[[Category:General guides]]

Ihaveahax: added Category:General guides using HotCat

2023-03-27T06:47:18Z

added Category:General guides using HotCat

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	#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|format the SD card to FAT32]].		#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|format the SD card to FAT32]].
	# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.		# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.

			[[Category:General guides]]

StarlitSkies: fix redlink

2023-03-26T22:06:44Z

fix redlink

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	# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>.		# Right click on the black unallocated area and select <code>new simple volume</code>.
	# Click through all the prompts until you get to the one about formatting - there, select "FAT32" as the file system.		# Click through all the prompts until you get to the one about formatting - there, select "FAT32" as the file system.
	#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD ~~Card~~/Windows\|format the SD card to FAT32]].		#* If the SD card is over 32GB in size, instead, select exFAT and then [[Formatting an SD card/Windows\|format the SD card to FAT32]].
	# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.		# Once the format is complete, copy your data back onto the SD card.