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cannot format usb drive windows

Thoughtful Toad answered on September 5, 2023 Popularity 7/10 Helpfulness 3/10

answer cannot format usb drive windows

cannot format usb drive windows

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Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

From the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

Run this command and hit Enter:

diskpart

Run this command and hit Enter:

list disk
(Make note of the disk number you want to wipe and enter it into the next command - replace disknumber)

Run this command and hit Enter:

select disk disknumber

Run this command and hit Enter:

clean

Then close Command Prompt


Open Disk Management (accessible by right clicking your Start Button)

On that USB drive, you should now see it is just unallocated Space, right click that and choose 'New - Simple Volume', accept the defaults and apply that

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