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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 12:14 Post subject: How can I manually partition or format my USB Flash drive? |
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How can I manually partition / format my USB Flash drive?
If you desire to manually partition / format my USB Flash drive in a correct way, please follow the steps below:
1) Hit Start, type “command” and you’ll see “Command Prompt” listed as the main result. Right-click that result and choose “Run as administrator”
2) Type the following command and press Enter:
diskpart
3) On this step, you should select the correct disk number for your USB flash drive and enter the disk number instead of [Your Disk Number] without the square brackets. For selecting the correct disk number, please pay attention to the disk Size section. Type the following bold commands and press Enter after the command:
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.2.9200
Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: KJONES-WIN8
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 0 B *
Disk 1 Online 29 GB 0 B
Disk 2 Online 980 MB 0 B
DISKPART> select disk [Your Disk Number]
Disk [Your Disk Number] is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> clean
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> convert mbr
DiskPart successfully converted the selected disk to MBR format.
DISKPART> create partition primary
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> select partition 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> active
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
DISKPART> format quick fs=fat32
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.
DISKPART> assign
DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.
DISKPART> exit |
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