Unable to format . . .

Question

My computer, is a laptop. Running, Windows 10.

I have a 256 gigabyte, USB drive. That I'm, unable to format. If you look. at the picture. I went to, disk management. It shows, the available space. But if I right click, simple volume. Nothing happens? In, the past. I had, this problem. There was, a third party application. That could, format it? Would any, MVP know. The name, of that. Third party, application?

Thank you, for reading . . . Gerald

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Answer 1

Anytime! Don't hesitate to reach out if you need further assistance.

Answer 2

Thanks Mostafa . . .

I ended up using one of the third party apps but now I got my USB drive back thanks

Active@ Partition Manager . . .

Answer 3

Hello! My name is Mostafa; I will assist you today.

I’m sorry that you are experiencing this issue.

1. Open the run windows and type "cmd."
2. Type "diskpart" and press "Enter" to open this program.
3. Type the following commands in order and press "Enter" after each command to execute the program.

list disk – list all the disks in the system

select disk 0 – 0 refers to the number of the unallocated disk you want to format

create partition primary size=20480

assign letter=H – H refers to the number of the partition

format fs=ntfs quick– fat32 refers to the format. You can change it based on your needs

4. Close the window and finish formatting the unallocated disk.

You can use 3rd party apps

https://www.lifewire.com/free-disk-partition-so...

Please let me know the result. Thank you.

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