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Format external hard drive or USB stick via the command prompt!


It is easy to format an external hard drive or USB stick via the command prompt / cmd.exe (for MS Windows 11, 10, ... etc.)!




Everyone probably knows how to simply format the USB removable drive under Windows 10 , if this method does not work for any reason, you can also format a hard drive or USB stick via the command prompt via command line cmd.exe. You have to format them using CMD commands and Windows will format your damaged flash drive or your SD card that cannot be read!


Format external hard drive or USB stick on Windows 11, 10, 8.1, ...!



1. Start  the command prompt as administrator  

2. Enter diskpart <<

3. Display available disk: Command: Disk List . <<< Important

4. Select disk: Command: select disk 3 

5. Clean disk: Command: clean

6. Create partition: creat partition primary

7. Mark disk as active: Command: active

8. Format disk: Command: format fs=fat32 quick
PS: with ntfs fs=ntfs

9. Drive letter and mount point: assign

PS:

The formatting process will be completed in a few minutes. You can write NTFS instead of fat32 if you want to transfer files larger than 4 gigabytes. Do not close the command prompt until the formatting process is complete.


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Format external hard drive or USB stick via the command prompt!


Info:

There is a possibility that the warranty on your damaged USB drive or SD card is still valid. So if your storage device keeps giving you problems, it might be a good idea to make some effort and request a refund or replacement. The storage medium may already be permanently damaged. Please do not repeatedly try to connect your SD card or flash drive to a single USB port on your computer. It is possible that the port itself is damaged or a software problem is blamed. Try other USB ports if your USB drive or SD card is not recognized.


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FAQ 75: Updated on: 23 June 2022 08:50 Windows
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Asked questions on this answer:
  1. I get the message "The hard drive in drive U is not formatted, why?
  2. My USB drives are great for transferring or backing up valuable data, and for transferring data between devices but have a problem. In order for the data to be read from a USB drive, the USB drive sometimes has to be reformatted so that the computer or device can recognize it.
  3. I use an EXTERNAL USB DISK with NTFS file systems to organize my data, this is super good. For better performance I wanted to try some tests in this case to possibly prevent and do a test formatting, formatting the USB drive under Windows 10 to NTFS was not a problem, however, when changing the file system so that files are copied, the formatting for FAT32 no longer works. Can the USB drive be repaired, and the full capacity of the USB drive can be restored without data loss?
  4. How do I format a USB drive? Formatting a USB drive is no different from formatting another drive, but I actually have a drive that does not want to be formatted, what are the different options?
  5. Formatting a USB drive cannot start if I want to delete all of its contents, as Windows cannot format the USB drive with NTFS, FAT, HFS, APFS, EXT, etc. I tried the standard type of file system formatting, on my problem USB stick or with an external hard drive I have the same formatting problem the formatting hangs on the respective device type also on other USB ports, I plugged it in. Because the device cannot be formatted to the required format when connected, what required operation can be performed in order to format?
  6. After connecting my external hard drive to my Windows 10 computer, I cannot open it to access the files because Windows brings up an error message saying "You need to format the hard drive in the drive" before you can use it. ?
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