Can't Format an mSATA Drive, What Should I Do
I inserted a 125 GB Toshiba mSATA from my old laptop into the mini port on my old Dell Latitude e5540. I want to format it to use as a boot drive. Is there any way to do this?v
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Cici· Answered on Jul 06, 2025
There are many reasons for not being able to format mSATA. Here are a few common reasons:
- Bad sectors exist on the mSATA drive.
- The mSATA SSD is write-protected.
- The mSATA file system is corrupted.
- The mSATA is infected with a virus.
If your mSATA drive is physically damaged, you need to replace it. If not, you can use a professional disk management tool to resolve the above issues and reformat it.
I highly recommend EaseUS Partition Master Free, an all-in-one tool that can repair any failure of your drive. It offers an easy-to-use interface.
You can try the following solutions to reformat mSATA.
Method 1. Repair Corrupted mSATA
Step 1. Select the target disk, and choose "Advanced" > "Check File System."
Step 2. Select the "Try to fix errors if found" option.
Step 3. Click "Start" to check the disk error.
Method 2: Remove Write Protection from mSATA
Step 1. Open EaseUS Partition Master and go to the Toolkit section, and select "Write Protection."
Step 2. Select the write-protected disk and click "Disable."
Related Reading: How to Remove Write Protection and Format Write-Protected SSD
Method 3. Format mSATA with a Professional Tool
EaseUS Partition Master offers more comprehensive formatting options than Disk Management and Diskpart. It can successfully repair your disk even if it appears as RAW.
Step 1. Right-click on the target drive and select "Format."
Step 2. Select the file system and cluster size and click "OK."
Step 3. After confirming the warning window, click on Execute 1 Task(s) and "Apply."
