Sunday, February 10, 2013

How to Force Format a USB Flash Drive in Windows OS

Most peoples format their USB flash drive as the last resort if they can't fix the problem of there USB flash drive. But if your last resort display a message like "Windows unable to format your selected disk" then this is another problem. If this happen, you can try this solution to format your incurable USB flash drive.

STEP 1:  

Open the Start menu, type cmd in search box, right click on cmd.exe and select Run as administrator.
OR
Right-click Start Menu->All Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt.
STEP 2:
Type this in the command prompt format [Drive Letter]: /FS:[File system] /x. 
      // NOTE

            // N1.1 Change [Drive Letter] with the USB flash drive letter you want to format.
            // N1.2 Change [File System] to FAT, FAT32 or NTFS. Your Choice!