Can't format my Kingston usb.

I used my usb to boot Ubuntu onto my laptop that I hoped that I could diagnose it but it didn't work.

Now, I'd like to use of as a normal usb drive but windows doesn't like formatting it...

I tried many methods to get it formatted but none of them worked.

Please tell me a way that would work, thank you!

Hi,

Have you tried using Diskpart from an admin command prompt to remove the Linux partition ?

Cheers,

fdegrove said:

Have you tried using Diskpart from an admin command prompt to remove the Linux partition

Yes, I have but when I do create partition primary, it gives me this long error message that I can't create the partition because it said that I've reached the limit to create primary partitions.

Thanks! :)

Hi,

Ok, on most USB thumb drives that's normal.
While you can create multiple partitions on them you can only access and use the first one. You can't assign a drive letter to the other partitions which renders them de facto useless.

Cheers,

fdegrove said:

Ok, on most USB thumb drives that's normal.
While you can create multiple partitions on them you can only access and use the first one. You can't assign a drive letter to the other partitions which renders them de facto useless.

So that means that I can't use it anymore ir is there another way?

Thanks! :)

Hi,

You can backup any data on that drive, remove all existing partitions and recreate a new one encompassing the entire drive if you like.

Cheers,

fdegrove said:

You can backup any data on that drive, remove all existing partitions and recreate a new one encompassing the entire drive if you like.

What program would you reccomend for that?

Thanks! :)

Hi,

For backing up I'd recommend Macrium Reflect Free.

Cheers,