Cannot Format USB Flash

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  1. m7ro
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    Windows 10
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    Cannot Format USB Flash


    Hello people
    If someone knows how can i format and convert Raw to Ntfs or Fat32 please answer and help.
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  3. Berton
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    Have you tried right-click and Format in Disk Management? It appears to be a 32GB drive and may give a choice of NTFS, exFAT or FAT32, factory usually is FAT32. Might have to first Delete the partition on it then create a new one. Doing either/both will cause loss of any data on it.
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  4. m7ro
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    My friend i have tried many times even on diskpart and apps and i get stupid errors and windows says Windows cant recognize usb
    I really dont know how to fix i searched a lot of solutions on youtube non of them work
    Btw sorry for bad english
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  6. Paul Black
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    Hello @m7ro,
    Welcome to TenForums.

    One of these should suit your requirements . . .

     DISKPART - Clean and Format USB

    To Reset a USB back to how it was New . . .

    Clean ONLY:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    clean This will ERASE EVERYTHING from the USB.
    exit
    exit

    Format ONLY:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    select partition 1.
    format fs=NTFS quick Change to format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32.
    exit
    exit

    Clean AND Format:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    clean This will ERASE EVERYTHING from the USB.
    create partition primary
    format fs=NTFS quick Change to format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32.
    exit
    exit


    NOTE:

    If the FILES that will be used are NO BIGGER than 4GB, then you may want to Format the USB as FAT32.


    I hope this helps.
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  7. NavyLCDR
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    Windows 11 Pro
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    @Paul Black,
    In your center section, Format Only, you must first select a partition on the disk to format. You left out "select part 1" in the command sequence.
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  8. Fabler2
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    Wouldn't waste time on it personally. Get a new one.
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  9. Paul Black
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    NavyLCDR said:
    @Paul Black,
    In your center section, Format Only, you must first select a partition on the disk to format. You left out "select part 1" in the command sequence.
    Thank you, now amended.
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  10. m7ro
    Posts : 5
    Windows 10
    Thread Starter
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    Paul Black said:
    Hello @m7ro,
    Welcome to TenForums.

    One of these should suit your requirements . . .

     DISKPART - Clean and Format USB

    To Reset a USB back to how it was New . . .

    Clean ONLY:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    clean This will ERASE EVERYTHING from the USB.
    exit
    exit

    Format ONLY:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    select partition 1.
    format fs=NTFS quick Change to format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32.
    exit
    exit

    Clean AND Format:

    [1] Press the Win + X keys together > Command Prompt (Admin).
    [2] Type EACH command below Individually into the Administrator: Command Prompt Window > Enter.

    diskpart
    list disk
    select disk # Where # is the USB Disk Number.
    clean This will ERASE EVERYTHING from the USB.
    create partition primary
    format fs=NTFS quick Change to format fs=fat32 quick for FAT32.
    exit
    exit


    NOTE:

    If the FILES that will be used are NO BIGGER than 4GB, then you may want to Format the USB as FAT32.


    I hope this helps.
    Can you dm me
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  12. Paul Black
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    m7ro said:
    Can you dm me?
    Sorry, I do NOT understand!
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  13. NavyLCDR
    Posts : 18,432
    Windows 11 Pro
       New #10

    @m7ro,

    Have you tried unplugging the flash drive, reboot the computer, let it load Windows and stabilize, plug the flash drive in then run the diskpart commands!?
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