Disk Management Formatting Stuck? Fix It Now!

Disk management formatting stuck? Why does it take so long to format a disk? You can get more information about this issue in this article by MiniTool. Additionally, you can learn how to format your hard drive using an alternative to disk management.

Disk management format stuck

Formatting is one of the most effective ways to solve disk problems, such as "External hard disk displays 0 bytes", "You need to format the disk in drive X: before using it", and "External hard disk loading too long", etc. Disk Management is a practical disk formatting utility. However, sometimes you may experience "disk management formatting stuck" issues, like the user described above:

"Hello, a newbie. Want to ask a question. I tried reformatting my internal hard drive and then it stuck on the format in disk management. Should I cancel or not? Because it has been like this since I tried formatting it. Thanks for your help."

If the disk management formatting is stuck, you can try the following solution.

Solution 1. Wait patiently for the formatting to complete

Sometimes, just because the disk takes a long time to format in disk management does not mean that there is a problem in the formatting process. The duration of disk formatting is affected by factors such as disk storage capacity, formatting type, and interface connection type. Generally, the greater the disk capacity, or if you choose to format it completely instead of fast, the formatting duration can be very long, ranging from tens of minutes to hours.

For more information, you can refer to this article: How long does it take to format a hard drive? [500GB/1TB/2TB/4TB].

Therefore, you can consider waiting patiently for the formatting process to complete. Or, you can try the next method.

Solution 2. Perform a quick format

If you don't want to continue waiting for the formatting to complete, you can choose to unformat and then perform a quick formatting.

Step 1. In Disk Management, right-click the partition being formatted and select the Unformat option from the context menu.

Step 2. After unformatting, you can right-click on the target drive and select Format . In the new window, make sure the Perform Quick Format option is selected. After that, specify the volume label and file system and click the OK button.

Solution 3. Format disk using an alternative to disk management

In addition to disk management, there are other available partition formatting tools. For example, you can format the disk using the CMD or MiniTool Partition Wizard.

1. Format the disk using CMD:

Step 1. Press the Windows R key combination to open the run. Then type diskpart in the text box and press Enter to continue.

Step 2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command line and press Enter after each command:

• list volume
• select volume * (*** represents the volume number of the disk partition)
• format fs=ntfs quick (ntfs stands for file system, you can select other file systems as needed)

If there are multiple partitions on the disk, you can choose to delete all partitions and format the entire disk by typing the following command line.

• list disk
• select disk *
• Clean
• create partition primary
• format fs=ntfs quick

2. Format the disk using the MiniTool Partition Wizard:

If diskpart formatting is stuck at 0% or CMD errors occur, you can use the MiniTool Partition Wizard to format the disk. It is a professional and free partition management tool designed to optimize partitions such as formatting, scaling/mining, moving, creating/deleting, and more.

Download and start disk formatting.

Step 1. Launch the MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition. On its home page, select the partition you want to format and scroll down to select the Format Partition option from the left panel.

Step 2. Set the partition label, file system, and cluster size, and click the OK button.

Step 3. Finally, click the Apply button in the lower left corner.

in conclusion

In short, this article discusses why it takes so long to format a disk, and what to do if you encounter a "disk management formatting stuck". Hope this article helps you.

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