How to format an unformatable Pendrive

Step 1. Turn on computer as normal

Step 2. Once you are in your desktop insert
Pendrive into USB port

Please note: if you know the letters associated
with your disk locations or can use a utility such as
disk part to list this information then skip steps 3 and 4



Step 3. Go into my computer (accessible from the
start menu or desktop) and look down the
navigation panel on the left hand side, this lists
down to the popular and root menu folders and
locations on your computer.

Step 4. Your Pendrive should be listed in one of
these locations, it may be referred to by brand, as
portable storage or something similar. Next to this
label will be a letter,

for example “G: removable storage device ” if the
device does not show up you may need to test the
port to find the letter with another USB device.
This
letter needs to be written down or remembered in
order to complete this process.

Step 5. Go to the windows start menu, click start
or

the Windows symbol depending on your edition of
Windows, then click run.

Step 6. Type cmd into the run dialog box and click
OK, this is to start the command prompt window
from which you will be able to choose your format
style and name your drive.

Step 7. Then the command prompt window is
opened and you will need to type “ Format G: “
if you want to Format it as FAT32 then type “
Format G: /FS: FAT32 ”

Step 8. The G in this instance refers to our
example
Pendrive location, instead you would enter the
letter that you remembered or wrote down from
the
my computer side panel
After you have typed the above command press
enter.

Step 9. Here, you will be asked to press enter
again
and then to give a name for your drive. Follow
these prompts then click on enter again.
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