Format a Micro SD Card used as Android adopted storage (android_meta and android_extended)

[normanp]

I have this SanDisk 32GB MicroSD card that's ended up with two partitions -
android_meta and android_extended as result of a failed attempt to use the card as Adopted Storage in a Lenovo Phone.

Neither Windows or Android now detect the card, and I've tried quite a few methods to get the card to work. These include using diskpart, chkdsk, testdisk.exe, mounting it using a pc running linux and using a few other disk repair softwares. But, none seem to be able to format the disk.

Is there a way I can get this card back to normal. It's a blank card so data recovery does not matter.

 

[ManiacJoe]

Using a card reader, Windows should happily let you format the card.
What is the exact wording of any error message you are getting?

 

[B. Diddy]

I'd say that if your PC doesn't detect the card at all, then it probably got irretrievably corrupted during whatever process was used to adopt it.

 

[mustang7757]

I don't recommend SD card as adoptable storage for this very reason of being corrupt and not fast read speeds

 

[Laura Knotek]

Please have a look at this article. https://www.androidcentral.com/adoptable-storage