USB+Drives+-+Formatting+of

USB Drives - Formatting of

In order to format a USB drive you must first establish that your system recognizes the drive. You do this by going to:- My Computer and clicking the drive letter for the USB in this example let us say “ E “ When you do this a screen should appear and say the disk is not formatted do you want to format it. Select Yes

Another window should open requesting you to start. If all of the above happens you have proven that the computer can see your USB, so close that application.

Now before proceeding ensure that you are signed in as the Administrator. Then Go to :- Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management.

Click on Disk Management.

Scroll to the bottom right-hand side, here below the main drive, should be listed drive E. Click on it, select New Partition and follow the steps dictated in the Wizard, i.e. radio button Primary partition.

When the second window opens ensure that you select FAT32

Click Finish when done and remove the USB Using the Remove Hardware Icon on your Taskbar (If not you are asking for problems)

Now plug it back in and place a couple of files on it. Again remove with the Icon and put it in another computer to view if the files are stored.

That is it. Done

Sadly this does not work with some USB’s due to the manufacturers requiring certain drives on the USB. You have to get in touch with them for that information. 