NavyLCDR having more than one partition just makes it easier to store different information or data.
Right now I have lost 2/3 of the thumb drive unless I can figure out how get the two partitions formatted. I suppose I need a third party software to do this. I just don't know a free software that will do this.
Any suggestions?
First, are you on Windows 7? Windows did not support multiple partitions on USB flash drives until version 1703 of Windows 10. So if you are on Windows 7 you have to go back and use the commands I posted in post #6.
MiniTool Partition Wizard Free is the partition manager I use:
Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Wizard Free
Even on Windows 7, MiniTool Partition Wizard will format the multiple partitions on the flash drive, but you will not be able to use any partition except for the first one in Windows 7.
Is it possible this is one of those thumb drives that lies about its capacity?
007 – FakeFlashTest – test a USB flash drive to see if it is a fake
NavyLCDR I have been trying to format on Windows 7, but I also have Windows PC that I can try formatting the thumb drives.
Matthew Wai, I have no idea how to test a thumb drive. I can say I purchased these two drives from Amazon.
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NavyLCDR I have been trying to format on Windows 7, but I also have Windows PC that I can try formatting the thumb drives.
Matthew Wai, I have no idea how to test a thumb drive. I can say I purchased these two drives from Amazon.
That is what I got trying to format on disk manager, Windows 10.
The blue bit in Matthew's post is a link to the testing program, which you have to download - just tried it myself.
007 – All about ‘fake’ SD Flash cards/drives – RMPrepUSB
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