![]() ![]() Make sure you know the drive letter of the thing you’d like to format, then type in the following (replacing X: with the drive letter appropriate for your situation): format /FS:FAT32 X: Thankfully there’s a PowerShell command that works! I fear I might forget the syntax, so here’s how to make it happen: open Windows PowerShell with Admin privileges by right-clicking on the Windows Icon. Sadly my USB drive was 128GB, so naturally Windows tried to be helpful and not offer the FAT32 option up when I tried to select it in Disk Management. The tool I used to transfer the ISO image was ISO2USB, and it requested a FAT32 formatted drive for the job. Type exit and hit enter to close the window.I needed to create a bootable USB drive for a Linux installation I was working on.The command prompt will respond by saying “Disk 2 is now the selected disk”.Type select disk 2 (where 2 is the number from the previous step). ![]() You will need to identify your USB drive by size, in this case I can see it is disk 2.DISKPART will open in a command prompt window.Click ‘Yes’ if prompted by the User Access Control.On your keyboard, press the Windows button + R.The process will involve wiping the USB drive – back up before progressing. You will need local administrator access on the computer to follow these steps. The steps below show how to use the DISKPART command line tool to reformat the USB drive. ![]() This can leave you with a USB drive that cannot be completely used, for example a 16 GB drive with only a 2.5 GB partition that can’t be extended into the unallocated space. USB drives that are formatted as a EFI System Partition don’t work in Windows 7 and are unable to be managed using the Disk Management tool. ![]()
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