Tool To Format Hard Drive From Usb

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Summary :

USB drive becomes more and more popular due to its portability. People like to save frequently used data in their USB drive and carry it with them everywhere they go. Yet, there is a problem that has bothered many people: Windows was unable to format USB drive. How can you fix this error?

It is easy to carry a USB drive around, so a lot of people choose to save their personal data or frequently used business data in a USB drive. When you don’t need the data saved on USB or when you are not satisfied with the file system of USB drive, you may format the drive. But the problem is: some people said they were unable to format USB. This is an issue happened to many USB drive users. But don’t worry; I’ll show you how to fix the problem in different ways.

USB Disk Storage Format Tool is another free USB flash drive format tool for Windows. It gives you several options to Check and Format USB storage devices. In it, you get Check disk option, using which you can scan USB storage device before formatting it and also correct partition errors (if any). Smart disk Fat32 Format software is a great Disk format tool.It allows user to format HDD,External hard disk,Memory card and USB flash drive.Smart Disk Fat32 format tool can convert file system type to Fat32 with one click.Smartdisk Fat32 format utility can format large hard disk in short time to Fat32.

How to Fix Unable to Format USB Error

You are likely to see the following error messages that indicate the format did not complete successfully:

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  • Windows was unable to complete the format
  • Cannot format, USB drive write protected
  1. USB Drive Format Tool is a tiny freeware utility designed for formatting any USB storage devices (USB Flash drive, USB stick, USB pen drive, USB portable drive, and SDCard) in FAT, FAT32, exFAT.
  2. HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is really a free disk formatting tool which allows people to easily and quickly format a USB flash drive to FAT32, exFAT or NTFS file system. And it can work flawlessly even when Windows was unable to complete the format when your usb pen drive turned raw format.
  3. Being able to create a bootable USB flash drive and start from the disk, EaseUS Partition Master has become a popular bootable partition tool that can help you format hard drive even when the Windows OS cannot boot.

Please make sure your USB drive is not write-protected and then follow the methods below to solve the problem. Before starting to fix the unable to format pen drive error, you should backup data in the USB drive/pen drive in case of any unexpected accidents.

Please note that all the following steps are completed in Windows 10.

Method 1: Check the Drive for Error

Windows provides you with a feature to check any drives for errors. It scans the drive, trying to find the possible errors and try to fix it automatically.

  1. Connect the drive to your computer and open File Explore (previously called Windows Explorer).
  2. Navigate to your USB drive and right click on it.
  3. Choose Properties from the menu.
  4. Shift to Tools tab from General tab.
  5. Click Scan and repair drive and wait.
  6. Once the process is done, please try to format your drive by using Disk Management or a USB format tool.

Method 2: Format Drive in Command Prompt

If the first method doesn't work, you can try to use Command Prompt tool to format your USB drive.

How to format pen drive in cmd:

  1. The first step is also connecting your drive to the computer.
  2. Type cmd into the search box on taskbar.
  3. Right click on Command Prompt from the search result.
  4. Choose Run as administrator from the context menu.
  5. Type diskpart and press Enter.
  6. Type list disk and press Enter.
  7. Type select disk * (* represents the disk number of your USB drive) and press Enter.
  8. Type clean and press Enter.
  9. Wait for the process to complete.

Method 3: Format with MiniTool Partition Wizard

You can download MiniTool Partition Wizard as the pen drive format software. Then, install the software properly and use the Format Partition function to format your drive. Still, you need to connect the target USB drive to the computer.

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  1. Run MiniTool Partition Wizard and choose Launch Application.
  2. Select the USB drive partition in the right pane.
  3. Choose Partition from menu bar.
  4. Select Format from the submenu.
  5. Confirm the partition label, file system and cluster size.
  6. Click on the OK button.
  7. Press Apply in the upper left corner.
  8. Choose Yes in the prompt window to allow changes.
  9. Wait for the formatting process.

Tool To Format Hard Drive From Usb Drive

Besides, you can try to fix the unable to format USB error by updating the USB Driver. You’ll need MiniTool Power Data Recovery to help you recover data when you encounter memory card not formatted error.