I can't format the memory card on my computer. Why the micro SD card is not formatted and what to do in this case. Using the system registry

A flash drive is a convenient storage device for digital information that is firmly rooted in our daily lives. However, this device is not perfect. From time to time, users have difficulties with flash media. For example, the most common problem is that the flash drive cannot be formatted. How to deal with this “disease” and clean the flash drive? You will find out the answer to this question after reading this article.

What to do if the flash drive is not formatted? Perhaps the cause of this problem is the antivirus. Sometimes anti-virus utilities do not allow you to format drives. To fix this, simply turn off the security software and try cleaning the drive again. This process can be carried out in a standard way (i.e. through the “Computer”).

If the flash drive cannot be formatted, then close all programs that work with information on the drive. For example, if there is a document on a flash drive and you open it through Microsoft Word, you will not be able to format it. You need to close the program so that the operating system allows you to clear the flash drive.

Formatting via the system console

If Windows still gives the error “Unable to complete formatting,” then perhaps the operating system is using some data from the drive. Accordingly, the files are occupied by a certain process, and Windows OS does not allow us to clean them. If the flash drive cannot be formatted for this reason, then the solution to the problem is to clean it through the system utility. We are guided by the following instructions:

Using specialized software

If you still cannot complete formatting the flash drive in Windows, then you should resort to the help of specialized software. Thanks to him, you will certainly be able to achieve the desired result. There are a whole bunch of formatting programs on the World Wide Web. Which one to choose? I would recommend using a utility called HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. The software has a simple interface, good functionality and does not take up much space on the computer. So, to successfully format a flash drive, do the following:

Formatting via Diskpart

If none of the above methods help, then you should turn to the “heavy artillery”. You can fix the formatting problem using the Diskpart command. To do this you need:

What to do if the SD card cannot be formatted

We've sorted out cleaning flash drives. But what if the micro SD card cannot be formatted? In principle, all of the above methods are also relevant for a memory card. You can format a MicroSD memory card using standard Windows OS tools. You just need to connect a smartphone with a micro SD card to your computer. This can be done using a USB cable.

The only “but” is that clearing the SD memory card using the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool will not work. This utility is intended only for working with flash drives. If the memory card cannot be formatted, you can fix it using the SD Formatter Tool program. It, in turn, is capable of working with Micro SD. The formatting process in the SD Formatter Tool is identical to the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool, which was described above.

When trying to format a USB flash drive, SD/MicroSD card or other removable media, the system may display an error. If Windows or the disk is using standard means, there are enough ways to solve the problem: from using safe mode to formatting through the Disk Management service.

Reasons for the error

Windows usually fails to complete formatting if the removable media has been improperly used or removed. The problem is relevant both for older versions of Windows 7 and XP, and for the new 10. The frequency and chance of the error occurring is not affected by the media file system - FAT32, NTFS, exFAT.

Most often, Windows cannot format a USB flash drive or CD card for the following reasons:

The flash drive or card was removed from the phone/camera/other equipment, after which it stopped working correctly and formatting became impossible.
Unsafe removal of device. The media was disconnected from the computer (power) while data was being written.
Power or electrical failures, especially when reading or writing to a flash drive.
Disconnecting the drive from the system while programs are running or files are open from the flash drive.
Consequences of using programs designed to work with disk partitions.

Regardless of the reason, Windows displays the message “Windows was unable to complete the format.” Sometimes the system does not even allow you to start formatting because the disk is write-protected. In this case, you need to deactivate the protection, and then start formatting the drive.

Often the system itself writes what exactly the problem is:

Windows cannot format the flash drive. End all other programs. The system cannot delete files that are currently in use. You should check whether all documents and programs that use files from the flash drive are closed. You can use Safely Remove the Device to let the system close everything itself, and then try to start formatting again.
The disc is write protected. You can remove protection using the Group Policy Editor, the command line and the system registry. The Group Policy Editor is not available in all versions of Windows.
Check that the connection is correct. Check that the drive and disk connections are correct, make sure the disk is not read-only, and then try again. Again, you need to remove the protection, if any, and also try to connect the media to another USB port.

Formatting using programs

Problems with formatting a flash drive or other storage medium do not depend on the type of file system or the manufacturer. The chance of an error occurring is the same for flash drives and memory cards from Transcend, Kingstone, Silicon Power, SanDisk or another company.

Manufacturers of flash drives and memory cards are aware of this problem, which is why large companies have their own proprietary utilities. For example, Transcend JetFlash Online Recovery for flash drives from the manufacturer Transcend. Official programs are good because they are guaranteed to cope with the problems of formatting flash drives from specific companies. If such software is not on the official website, or it does not help, it’s okay, there are universal free solutions.

EzRecover- a free program with basic functionality. To restore a flash drive, you need to run the file and click the “Recover” button. Helps complete formatting and corrects the error when Windows sees 0 MB of free space on the flash drive.
D-Soft Flash Doctor is another free solution with simple functionality that allows you to complete formatting a problematic USB drive. It is possible to create a flash memory image. The recorded image can subsequently be written to another, working flash drive or card.
AlcorMP— software for recovering media with Alcor controllers.
Format Utility For Adata Flash Disk— a program for formatting, searching and correcting errors on A-Data USB flash drives.
Kingston Format Utility— solution for flash drives from the manufacturer Kingston.
Flashnul— Software for diagnosing problems and fixing problems with flash drives. Copes not only with USB flash drives, but also with memory cards and other types of media.
JetFlash Online Recovery— a new version of the utility for solving problems with Transcend drives. You can not only erase the data to zero, but also try to correct errors while saving the recorded information.

Not all of these programs have official websites from which downloads are available. In other cases, these sites turned out to be inaccessible. To keep your computer safe, you should be careful when downloading and running files from the Internet when searching for programs, and also check all downloads using an antivirus. There is another way - try to solve the problem with Windows capabilities, without installing additional software.

Mechanical protection on flash drives and cards

Many memory cards and flash drives have mechanical protection that reliably protects the device from being written to. The security lever can also be pushed into the latched position by accident, after which the media will stop working normally and it will be impossible to format it.

The solution to the problem is simple: you should inspect the device for a mechanical switch and put it in the desired position, if required.

It looks something like this:

Formatting in Group Policy Editor

The Local Group Policy Editor is not available in all versions of Windows - it is absent even in basic versions of Windows 10, remaining a privilege of the Pro version and corporate OS. If Group Policy Editor is present on your computer, you can use it to remove write protection on a flash drive in a few steps.

Removing the write lock from a flash drive:

Click “Start” - “Run”.
In the “Run” window, in the “Open:” field, enter gpedit.msc and press Ok/Enter. An editor window should open.
You need to follow the following path: “Computer Configuration” - “Administrative Templates” - “System” - “Access to Removable Storage Devices”.
Find the lines “Removable drives: Deny reading” and “Removable drives: Deny writing”. Remove restrictions, if any, by changing the desired property to the “Disabled” status.

After this, you should exit the editor and try writing or formatting again. If there was no ban initially or if lifting it did not help, you should try other methods described in the article. It should be remembered that there is a small chance that the flash drive can be damaged mechanically. In this case, no software solutions will help revive it. But before burying the device, you should try one more method - removing the Read-Only mode via the command line.

Removing protection via the command line

Using the command line allows you to resolve the error when the command interpreter does not work correctly as an administrator. The good thing about this method is that the command line is present in all versions of Windows, and therefore the method is universal.

Removing read-only mode from a flash drive via the command line:

Run the command line as an administrator: “Start” - “Run” - “cmd.exe” or “Start” - “Accessories” - “Command Prompt”.
Enter diskpart and press Enter.
Enter list disk and press Enter.
See what number in the list that appears is the problematic flash drive. Enter select *, where “*” is the serial number of the flash drive in the list - 1, 2, 3 and so on. For example, enter select 2, if the flash drive is number 2, press Enter.
Enter command attributes disk clear readonly, press Enter.
Enter exit or close the command prompt window.

These actions do not format the flash drive, but only remove write protection from it. After this, you can try to complete the formatting again.

Removing protection through the system registry

Before making changes to the registry editor, you should make sure that the file itself is not write-protected, and not the USB flash drive or card. This method should be used as a last resort, or if you have certain PC skills. Making erroneous changes to the registry can lead to the loss of functionality of the entire system.

Removing write protection through the registry:

Click “Start” - “Run” or the Win+R key combination.
In the window that appears, enter regedit, press Enter.
The Registry Editor will open. On the left side of the window you need to follow the path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \SYSTEM \CurrentControlSet \Control.
Find parameter StorageDevicePolicies, double-click on it with the left mouse button. If there is no parameter (there is no line with that name), you need to right-click and select “New” - “DWORD”. The parameter should be named StorageDevicePolicies and set to 0 (zero).
In the window that opens, set the value 0 (zero).
Save changes, close the registry.
Remove the device and restart the computer.

After the reboot, Windows will start with the protection removed, and the formatting process can be completed successfully. If none of the above methods help, the flash drive or CD card itself may be damaged. To be sure, you should try formatting the device on another computer using the instructions provided.

Today, USB drives are becoming increasingly popular. The popularity of flash drives is due to the large amount of memory (flash drives now have more memory than CD/DVD drives), mobility, compactness and reliability. Moreover, a flash drive can be used not only as a means of storing files - it can also be used to scan your computer for viruses and reinstall the operating system. If you have dealt with reinstalling the OS, then you probably know that before you write a system image to a flash drive, you must first format it. But what if the computer refuses to do this and gives an error? It is this question that we will answer in this article.

Windows OS has a built-in Disk Management system utility that can create disk volumes, change its letter, and also do many other useful things, including formatting. In order to carry out the formatting procedure through this system utility, follow the following step-by-step instructions:

On a note! In Windows 10, you can open the Disk Management menu much faster. To do this, right-click on the Start menu icon (or the keyboard shortcut "Win+X"), then select Disk Management.

Method No. 2. Formatting a flash drive using the console

If ordinary Windows users knew how to handle , it would help solve a good half of their problems related to the operating system. The functionality of the command line is very wide - it is capable of doing things that cannot be done through the standard Windows interface. And formatting a flash drive was no exception. So, to format using the console, do the following:

Launch the console with administrator privileges. To do this, first open the menu "Start" left click the mouse, then select "All programs".
Find the folder "Standard" and open it with a double left click.
In the list of standard Windows programs, you will see the Command Prompt. Don't rush to double-click on it - just hover your mouse over it, right-click on it and click on "Run as administrator".
Now you need to be careful. Enter into the console one by one the commands shown in the screenshot below. After each command entered, press the key "Enter" so that the system starts executing them. If after entering all the commands your flash drive is successfully formatted, then the job is done.

Now, to make it clearer for you, we will analyze in more detail each command that was entered:

"diskpart"— this command is responsible for launching the “diskpart” system utility, which is designed to work with disk and flash drives;
"list disk"— this command is needed to display a list of disk devices;
"select disk 1" is a command responsible for selecting a disk for further interaction with it. In this example, the flash drive is “Disk 1”, respectively, and we need to work with disk number one (if the flash card was designated as “Disk 2”, then the command “select disk 2” would be required, and so on). It is easier to find out the disk number through the Disk Management utility, which we discussed in the previous part of the article. The bottom line is that the console command “list disk” displays only the disk number and the storage capacity of the media, and in “Disk Management” you can find out the name of the disk and other additional information that will prevent you from confusing the flash drive with another removable media;
"clean"– this command initiates cleaning of the selected disk;
"create partition primary"– with its help you can create a new disk partition;
"format fs=fat32 quick"- This is the team that is directly responsible for formatting. At the very beginning, the format is indicated (in this case it is FAT32, but you can specify any other - for example, NTFS). The additional "quick" command starts quick formatting. It is not necessary to indicate it;
"assign letter=F"– using this command you can set the drive letter if, after formatting, the system did not do this automatically. Before entering this command, go to Explorer and check whether your flash drive is displayed correctly and whether it has a drive letter. If not, then enter this command. Otherwise, you can immediately move on to the last one;
"exit" is the last command that terminates the utility.

On a note! All of the above code can be shortened to the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and last command if you do not need to output additional information and assign a drive letter to the flash drive.

Method No. 3. Formatting a flash drive using the HDD Low Level Format Tool

If you were unable to format using standard Windows tools, then special programs will come to your aid, the functionality of which allows you to implement this feature. One such program is HDD Low Level Format Tool. To format your USB drive using this program, do the following:

To get started, download it. You can easily find a link to the program by entering its name in any search engine.
Run the downloaded file by double clicking and click on "Free to use".
Once launched, the program will display a list of disk devices connected to your computer. Select your flash card among them with a mouse click and click "Further".
Select a tab "Low-level formatting" and click on "Format device".
After clicking, you will see a modal warning window that will notify you that all files from your drive will be deleted. However, this is standard procedure for any formatting, so feel free to click "Yes".
Wait for the formatting process to complete. It may take a long time because you are using the free version of the program, which limits the formatting speed to 50 MB/s.
After the process is completed, close the program and go to Explorer to find out information about your flash drive. If it was formatted correctly, it will show up as an unformatted drive with 0 bytes of memory.
Now format the flash drive using standard Windows tools. After you have formatted the program, no errors should occur.

On a note! If the program helped you, then do not forget to thank its developers by purchasing the full version. This way you will not only improve the speed of the utility, but also give developers an incentive to create even more useful programs.

Method number 4. Formatting via Formatter Silicon Power

Another useful program that can format your flash drive to bypass the system error is Formatter Silicon Power. Initially it is designed for USB drives from Silicon Power, but it can also work with other flash drives. To format your flash drive, follow these step-by-step instructions:

Download the program. As in the previous case, you can easily find the download link using search engines.
Since the program is designed to work with flash drives, not disks, there is no need to select a disk in this case. It will find the flash drive itself and display a window for formatting. When she does this, click on "Format". If the flash card is not supported by the program, a window will appear "Device not found". In this case, this method is not suitable for you.
Click "Yes" to confirm the process.
Wait while the program performs formatting.
During this process, you may need to remove your flash drive, then plug it back in and press "OK". Do this if you see the same window as in the screenshot.
Once the process is completed, the program will notify you about it.

Method No. 5. HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

Another useful program that will help you solve the problem in question is the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. To do this, follow these steps:

As usual, find the program in a search engine and download it.
Run this program with administrator rights. This feature can be implemented by clicking the right mouse button.
After that, you will see a window that looks like the standard Windows formatting window, only in English. Here you need to indicate your flash drive in the list "Device", specify the format in "File system" and uncheck "Quick Format". After specifying all these parameters, click on "Start". As you may have noticed, the algorithm here is very similar to the one we considered in the very first method.
After this, a window will appear informing you that all data from your storage device will be deleted. Click "Yes" to move on.
Next, the program initiates the automatic formatting process. All that is required of you at this stage is to wait and not close the program.
After the process is completed, the program will notify you about this by displaying a special window. This window will also contain information about what file system format is installed on your removable media, how much free space it has, and so on.

Automatic search for the desired program

If you were unable to resolve the error using system methods and the above utilities did not help you, then try using the Flash Drive Information Extractor program. This program allows you to find out the VID and PID of your flash drive, which will be useful for further actions. VID is the unique identifier of the manufacturer, and PID is the device. To find out these parameters, do everything as in the instructions below:

The search algorithm of this site is designed in such a way that it will help you find the necessary programs for formatting a flash drive, referring to the specified identifiers. As you may have noticed earlier, all such programs are very easy to use; even a person who has very little experience in computer hardware and software can understand them.

If all else fails

If you have tried all the methods, but you still cannot format the flash drive, then the problem is not with system problems, but with mechanical damage. Most likely, the microcontrollers of your USB drive have failed. The best way to solve this problem is to buy a new flash drive. This will cost you less than repairing or replacing microcontrollers.

Now you know how to format your flash drive when standard Windows tools do not allow you to do this due to an error. Try to implement all methods in order. If your drive does not have any physical damage, then, with a high probability, you will solve your problem.

Video - What to do if Windows can't complete formatting?

Greetings, dear reader! Remember where we store our favorite and dearest photos and videos? Right! On little helpers, microsd. Everything about them is good, both price and volume. Only one thing is bad. Often an error message pops up on your computer when formatting. Then the question very acutely arises: “The memory card is not formatted, what should I do?” Let's figure it out because you still need to know. After all, we use microdrives in smartphones, cameras, recorders, and readers.

Formatting a memory card removes all old files from it, detects damage and eliminates them. Before formatting, be sure to back up important files on your computer.

Standard Formatting

The first method of formatting a memory card that any user uses is formatting on a PC.

In the “My Computer” menu, select the memory card and right-click on it
In the context menu that appears, select “Format”
Select the appropriate file system type
Click on “Start”
Wait for the process to finish

Attention! By default, the computer uses the FAT32 file system. It works correctly with the 32 GB micro SD format. A larger volume of 64GB is formatted in a different file system, exFAT.

This is where the first difficulties may arise when the computer writes

Windows cannot complete formatting.

What to do in this case?

Use other methods for flashing the card.

Formatting via the command line

Work in this way begins through the Start menu. Select “Run”. Perform the following manipulations with the dropped console:

Enter the command diskpart, activate enter
Enter the list disk command, activate enter and select a disk based on the size of our flash drive
Enter select disk and disk number, activate enter
Enter attributes disk clear readonly and enter. At this stage the drive will be unlocked
Type clean and enter. This will completely clean the media.
Enter create partition primary, activate enter. A new section will appear on the map
Then select partition 1, press enter
active, enter. The section is activated
format fs=fat32 quick. A message indicating successful formatting will appear.
Assign and enter. The flash drive will get a new name
To check, create a new folder

This is one of the best methods for formatting a flash drive, allowing you to not use third-party utilities.

If the formatting error persists and you are unable to work with files on the memory card, try using an additional program.

Formatting using utilities

Windows cannot format the memory card and that’s it! Then we turn to the almighty Internet and download helper programs.

When working with third-party software, you should be very careful. It is imperative to choose the correct name for the micro SD, otherwise you can cause serious harm to your computer. The choice of file system type also matters. Remember that 32 GB memory cards use FAT32. For more venerable colleagues - exFAT. Additional programs will always clean the drive completely; in this case, creating a backup copy of the data is mandatory.

I will give the most common of them:

AutoFormat Tool. Quite easy to use. Working with it doesn't take much time. I recommend running as administrator.
HDD Low Level Format Tool. A thorough program that does low-level formatting. Remember, you will not be able to restore files after using it.
The utility requires installation on your computer. Intuitive and easy to use.

Fixing problems with micro sd

Sometimes it happens that files from the card on the phone are not deleted. You erase them, but nothing happens, they come back again, annoying you more and more. Then you need to try all the steps together:

Reboot phone
Remove and reinsert the card
Download the utility to your phone
Do formatting
If all else fails, accept the inevitable - the memory card is “dead”

Write protection

When you try to format, the message “The disk is write protected” may appear. This happens in several cases:

if the write protection button on the SD card has switched, which needs to be returned to a different position. (More information about locking/unlocking the memory card);
if your computer has caught a virus that blocks writing to hard drives. It is necessary to carry out anti-virus diagnostics.

Hidden files

If the card is readable but cannot be formatted, it is worth checking it for the presence of hidden files such as autorun.

Autorun.inf is a hidden startup file that tells the system how to properly start the disk. It displays a colorful menu with an algorithm for further actions on the screen and replaces the icon on the desktop. Virus developers really liked these properties and they make full use of the file for their own purposes. Regular hidden text contains code to launch a program, which is how viruses get into the computer.

At the same time, viruses that have infected removable media try in every possible way to protect themselves. Including not allowing you to format the micro SD card. It is very easy to remove such a virus.

Let's try together if none of the above methods helped to get to the micro-drive:

Open the command line (you already know how to do this)
Finding our flash drive
Change the parameters of the file attrib -a -s -h -r autorun.inf
Destroying the virus on the map del autorun.inf
Let's try to work productively.

Sometimes Anti Autorun, Autorun Guard, USB_Tool programs help identify and remove a virus.

In order to protect micro SD from re-infection, you can do one interesting thing. The bottom line is this: a file called Autorun.inf is created on the media. Newly arrived viruses will no longer settle on a drive where there is a folder with the same name as theirs. Why does this work? Because Windows OS does not allow you to create folders with the same name. That's all!

Bottom line

Only a memory card from a trusted manufacturer can serve for a long time without interruption and not cause trouble to its owner. If handled carefully, the consoles will remain in place for a long time. Never pull or remove the card from the slot while working with files.

Remember! The recommended operating load on the card is no more than 20% per day. This means that more than 6 GB of files cannot be removed or written from a 32 GB memory card per day. This will significantly extend the life of the card consoles and help avoid formatting problems in the future.

If all of the above methods for solving the problem did not help, specialized service points will help you remove important files from the card.

It's always better to buy two 32 GB micro SD cards than one 64 GB one. This will simplify the work for the average user, save important information and make formatting simple and accessible.

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A fairly common occurrence is when a user inserts a USB drive on which some important information is stored into the appropriate port, but the system asks to format the flash drive. What to do in this case? First of all, don't panic. The fact is that with the right approach to solving this problem, the data will most likely, in extreme cases, be restored even after formatting. The methods proposed below allow you to avoid the need for formatting with complete restoration of everything stored on a removable device.

The system does not read the flash drive (asks to format): what to do?

In general, the mistake of many users is storing important information or personal data on removable media, since they are more susceptible to software failures and physical breakdowns than hard drives.

We are not talking about physical damage now, but as for software problems with the appearance of bad sectors due to a violation of the integrity of the file system, here you need to apply appropriate troubleshooting methods. Let's say the computer asks you to format a flash drive. What to do? After all, complete formatting will destroy absolutely all data. It would be nice if quick formatting is used. Recovering information in such a situation is as easy as shelling pears. But the system offers to perform a full formatting. In this case, to begin with, you can use Windows tools with the parallel use of special software to restore the functionality of both the device itself and the files stored on it.

The flash drive does not open (asks to format): what to do in the simplest case?

The first drive technique is to use a standard disk checker, but launched not through the disk properties section, but from the command line starting with administrator rights.

To launch it, you can use the Run console and the cmd command, or directly open the cmd.exe file in the System32 directory of the main operating system directory.

So, the computer asks you to format the flash drive. What to do? First, you need to remember the drive letter, and then in the command console write a line to check the media for errors and automatically correct them. For example, if the device in the system is listed under the letter Z, the command looks like this: chkdsk z: /f. Depending on the volume, the process may take quite a long time, so you will have to be patient. At least in most cases, software failures can be resolved quite simply.

The most popular utilities for recovering removable USB drives

If the failure cannot be corrected using the method described above, you will have to use additional software.

Among the most popular and most efficient programs are the following:

TestDisk.
Handy Recovery.
Active@ File Recovery.
Recuva.
R.Saver and R-Studio.

TestDisk

Now let's look at a situation where the first method did not work, and the system again asks you to format the flash drive. What to do in such a situation? One of the most effective methods, many experts call the use of the TestDisk program, which operates in DOS mode.

With this utility everything is quite simple. We launch the program, select our device with arrows, indicate the parameter value for the partition table (usually Intel), select the partition to be restored in the form of the entire media (Whole disk), for the file system select the Other parameter, which corresponds to FAT32, and at the end we write the full path to the created directory in which the recovered files are supposed to be saved.

Handy Recovery

Now a few words about one more program. Again, it is assumed that the system is asking you to format the flash drive. What to do if the previous methods did not work? We can recommend using the Handy Recovery program.

After starting the utility, in the main window, select a removable disk, click the start analysis button, in the results select the folder or file that needs to be restored (they will be marked with the appropriate markers), and click the restore button.

Active@ File Recovery

Let's see what can be done if the previous method did not produce results, and the system again asks you to format the flash drive. What to do in this case? Use the Active@ File Recovery program.

There shouldn't be any problems with her either. In the main window, from the menu on the left, select removable media and click the SuperScan button, then specify the file system type, click the start process button, and then use the data recovery function by calling it from the menu or immediately using the Ctrl + R key combination. After This specifies the final directory for saving data, after which you can completely calmly start formatting, if this is really necessary.

Recuva

The Recuva program is quite popular among ordinary users because it is very easy to use.

To recover files, you can specify a specific data type (for example, audio, video, or graphics). If you want to find everything that can be recovered, select the All Files option. In the results, files that can be restored to their original state are marked in green. Those that you can try to restore are yellow, and those that cannot be restored are red.

R.Saver and R-Studio

But the Recuva application does not always work correctly, not to mention the fact that it may not detect long-deleted objects. In such a situation, it is best to give preference to the R.Saver and R-Studio utilities, which are very similar to each other.

It is these two programs that are capable of finding on removable media even those files that the user does not even know about deleting. Of course, the scanning process will take much more time, but the result will be completely unexpected for many.