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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- 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. - Input ‘
diskpart
‘ into the PowerShell console to access the disk partition utility. - Type ‘
list disk
‘ to display all connected storage units. - 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. - PLug the USB back in and type ‘
list disk
‘ to confirm which drive was added. - select disk [NUMBER]
- 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. - Create a primary partition for the USB drive by typing ‘
create partition primary
‘. - Choose to format the partition using either the NTFS file system (
format fs=ntfs quick
) or the FAT32 file system based on preference. - Activate the newly created partition for use by executing ‘
active
‘. - Assign ownership of the partition back to the operating system with ‘
assign
‘. - Confirm the success of your operations by listing disks again with ‘
list disk
‘. - 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 backlist disk
select disk [NUMBER]clean
create partition primary
format fs=ntfs quick
active
assign
list disk
exit
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