How to format a flash drive in usb

How do you format a flash drive in usb port?  It's in E:/ drive.

NTFS format will save large files in 1 big file.

The FAT options can only handle up to 4 GB size files.

This is important for saving large files so they don't get split up into a bunch of 4 GB or less sized files.

I make system images with Macrium Reflect.

They are around 25 GBs each.

My 1 TB external usb drive is formatted as NTFS so I get 1 25 GB sized image file instead of 7 smaller sized files.

This helps reduce confusion if I need to restore an image.🙂

In file explorer right click the e drive and select format.

If you are going to use it on your windows 10 machine then make sure to format using NTFS.

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Right click My Computer and select Manage.

Open the Device Manager and find your USB drive under the Disk Drives heading.

Right click the drive and select Properties.

Choose Policies tab and select the "Optimize for performance" option.

Click OK.

Open My Computer.

Select Format on the flash drive.

or

http://www.ntfs.com/quest22.htm

https://www.wikihow.com/Format-a-Flash-Drive

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