[How-To] Format Flash Drive with Diskpart

[How-To] Format Flash Drive with Diskpart

Today I will show you how to format your Flash Drive correctly and fix errors.

First open a command prompt window with administrative rights. You can do this by going to the Start Search and typing in command prompt or cmd and then by right clicking on the command prompt icon and select Run As Administrator.

An Administrator command prompt will open. Type in diskpart. Your command line will look like this:

Then enter this command “list disk” without the quotes to display all active disks on your machine.

Next you want to use the “Select” command to pick your flash drive. For me I will use “Select disk 2” since 2 is the disk number for my flash drive.

Next you want to enter “clean” with no quotes.

Next type in “create partition primary” with no quotes.

Next type in “Active” with no quotes.

Here comes the fun part formatting it. You can chose any file system that is supported by your flash drive. I am going to select ntfs, which is supported by my flash drive. You can select fat32 or fat16 if  you need those type of formats.

Type in this command without quotes “format fs=ntfs label=”PUT YOUR DESCRIPTOIN HERE” quick. Just replace ntfs with either fat32 or fat16 to format the drive with these formats instead.

Then type in Assign and then Exit.

Now you have a formatted flash drive!

That is it! Now you can show off your geeky skills by using this diskpart instead of the graphical user interface to format your flash drive. Have any questions feel to leave a comment below or post them in the comment section below.

Seydamet