Is it possible to format a Linux Flash Drive in Windows 10?

No, Thundercats.

Thundercats opening [HD] - YouTube

And GI Joe.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - Theme Song (1983 mini-series) - YouTube

This is why we went to Iraq... LOL

The '80s had some of the best cartoons. And that is because Reagan appointed an FCC chairman that championed market forces.

I did a bit of research as to why most Saturday morning cartoons are gone now-a-days.

Megahertz said:

The USB drive may not be readable under windows but it can be formatted. As it may have many partitions I suggest you use diskpart
Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

diskpart
list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number)
select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk)
clean
convert mbr
create part primary
select part 1
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit (to exit diskpart)

Hmmm... All went well until, "select part 1" Which rendered, "There is no partition selected"

If it were me I'd nuke the whole drive with a drive eraser then format.

Try Roadkil's Disk Wipe. Download for Windows 8 and just blank out the USB drive. Roadkil.Net - Roadkil's Disk Wipe Program Download

After that you should be able to format with NTFS or what ever. May have to initialize the disk first after you blank it out.

(I find it hysterical that the site name is Roadkil (one L) and he uses images of people's cats for programs). (Check out DIG for Windows LOL Roadkil.Net - Featured Pets)

Website has been around since at least 2007 when I found it. Hard to believe that's 15 bloody years ago now.

cereberus said:

You do not need select partition 1 after create partition primary but it should not matter.

When the above commands fail, it is usually a sign that the drive has failed (often in readonly mode).

Try this

diskpart
list disk
select disk n
list vol

and paste results here.

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 D Storage NTFS Partition 931 GB Healthy
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 118 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 2 Recovery NTFS Partition 529 MB Healthy Hidden
Volume 3 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 4 E Removable 0 B Unusable

cereberus said:

Hmm Volume 4 looks dodgy. It looks like clean did not wipe drive. This is usually a hardware failure.

Please run following (just checking usb is E)

diskpart
list disk

and paste results.

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 1024 KB *
Disk 1 Online 119 GB 0 B *
Disk 2 Online 14 GB 14 GB

cereberus said:

Do this - it will take longer as I have specified "clean all" to try and brute force wiping of usb drive.

Code:

diskpart
select disk 2 (be sure you get this right)
clean all
convert mbr
create partition primary
select partition 1
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit

In my experience if you cannot get this to work, nothing will and drive has probably failed.

However, I cannot exclude possibility of an existing Linux partition causing an obscure problem. What looks odd is drive being quoted as 14 GB - most drives are 16GB. This implies 2GB is being used elsewhere but we cannot see it.

You could try selecting partition 2 in case there is a hidden partition 1 (clutching at straws admittedly).

Personally, I would bin the drive and buy a new one.

Yea. In the hopper it goes. Thanks for all the help!