Fix a USB Drive Showing Up as Two Drives


Okay this is definitely a weird one., I have no idea why this is taking place but the solution is simple.

***I can’t stress enough though that you have to do this slowly. Screw up and erase the wrong perdition you will destroy all of your work and lose your drive.***

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  1. Press the Windows logo key and type 'powershell' to search for PowerShell. Right-click on “Windows PowerShell” and select “Run as administrator". Confirm by clicking “Yes” in the pop-up dialog box.
  2. Input ‘diskpart‘ into the PowerShell console to access the disk partition utility.
  3. Type ‘list disk‘ to display all connected storage units.
  4. Identify your intended USB drive by specifying its numerical identifier (e.g., select disk 3). Ensure precise selection to avoid errors.
    *** REMOVE THE USB and type ‘list disk‘ to confirm which drive was removed.
  5. PLug the USB back in and type ‘list disk‘ to confirm which drive was added.
  6. select disk [NUMBER]
  7. Erase preexisting data from the selected drive by entering ‘clean‘. Close any active folder windows to prevent potential issues; if encountered, retry the instruction after closing the folder.
  8. Create a primary partition for the USB drive by typing ‘create partition primary‘.
  9. Choose to format the partition using either the NTFS file system (format fs=ntfs quick) or the FAT32 file system based on preference.
  10. Activate the newly created partition for use by executing ‘active‘.
  11. Assign ownership of the partition back to the operating system with ‘assign‘.
  12. Confirm the success of your operations by listing disks again with ‘list disk‘.
  13. Exit DiskPart by typing ‘exit‘.

powershell Run as administrator
diskpart
list disk
REMOVE THE USB and type ‘list disk‘ to confirm which drive was removed
Plug the USB back
list disk
select disk [NUMBER]
clean
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
active
assign
list disk
exit

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