Solved Keep getting popoup "You need to format the disk in drive D:

[Vista32toWin7]

I can't open my Mobius camera to remove video files because I keep getting a Windows popup that says: "You need to format the disk in drive D: Before you can use it." But when I try to format the Mobius camera card, it just doesn't work. Instead I get another popup that says: "Windows was unable to complete the format."

I normally use SD formatter to clean my cards with no problems. But I don't know what happened, I'm not even going to speculate what happened, no clue? I never had this Windows popup before?

I checked the Device Manager and don't see anything abnormal there? I can't use the card because there is too much video on it. If I push the record button, it will video tape for only maybe 30 seconds and shut off.


If anyone has a clue what is going on here, I would like to know?


Thanks, XYZ

 

[file3456]

I've seen this question pop up a few times on other forums. So it's not unusual. I don't remember what the exact solution was, but doing a quick DuckDuckGo, I found this: How to Repair/Format SD Card That Wont Format - EaseUS

 

[Megahertz07]

I normally format my SD cards on the camera by choosing an in built format option.
Does the Mobius camera has a Format option?
How are you trying to format the SD card, using a SD USB?
SD cards has a Lock switch. Is it unlock?

 

[Vista32toWin7]

I've seen this question pop up a few times on other forums. So it's not unusual. I don't remember what the exact solution was, but doing a quick DuckDuckGo, I found this: How to Repair/Format SD Card That Wont Format - EaseUS

R. Thanks F22, I tried that, but didn't work for me. So what I did was I just popped the SD card out and blew it out w/air and reinstalled it and that was it! The camera is on my bikes handlebars which gets a lot of road vibration from bumps in the road, potholes, etc. So I figured maybe the road vibration loosened the card enough to make it unreadable to the computer?


So I'm cool again, thank you guys for your help, much appreciated!


Thanks, Bill

 

[Vista32toWin7]

Thanks Megahertz!


I usually format with SD Formatter. Works good.