How To Increase SD Card/Flash Drive Size [METHOD]

Change USB drive letter and run CHKDSK to repair USB errors

  1. Change USB drive letter
  • Right-click on Computer, select manage and enter Disk Management in Device Manager.
  • Right-click on the USB flash drive which shows no media there and selects Change Drive Letter and Paths…
  • Click Change and click Assign the following drive letter: to set a new drive letter to your USB flash drive which shows any error.
  • Click OK to confirm the operation.
  1. Run CHKDSK to repair USB errors
  • Right-click on Windows icon and select Command Prompt (Admin).
  • Click Yes if the system asks you to sign in as administrator. And sign in with your Administrator account.
  • Type: chkdsk E: /R and hit Enter. (Replace E: with the drive letter of your USB flash drive.)

You can also repair/delete/create the USB volume from the same window.

Manual Method via Diskpart – Windows :

  1. Open a Command Prompt as administrator ( cmd.exe )
  2. Type Diskpart and press Enter
  3. Type List Disk and press Enter
  4. Type Select Disk X (where X is the disk number of your USB drive) and press Enter
  5. Type Clean and press Enter
  6. Type Create Partition Primary and press Enter
  7. Type Active and press Enter
  8. Type Format fs=Fat32 Quick and press Enter
  9. Type Exit and press Enter

Lastly. you can use EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard or SD Formatter Tool to reformat and restore a USB Drive both of these will do the deed if you know how to use them. Cheers :blush:

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