How to Format USB Flash Drive Using CMD

There Are Three - Ways  to Format USB Flash Drive Using CMD 

Steps to Format USB using CMD:

1. 1. Plug USB in your computer, open Command Prompt as administrator.
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3. 2. Write the command lines and hit Enter to execute the command:
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5. diskpart
6. list disk
7. select disk #
8. format fs=ntfs or fat32 quick
9. exit

1. How do I format a USB flash drive to NTFS file system?

Applies to: Format USB to FAT32/NTFS, format RAW USB, repair corrupted USB, etc.

# Steps to Format USB to NTFS or FAT32 with CMD

Altogether, you'll walk through the whole formatting process in eight steps, and the time spent will depend on the USB flash drive capacity and used space on it. (The following steps are applicable on Windows 10/8/7 PC.)

Step 1: Plug USB in your computer and open command prompt as an Administrator.

Type cmd in the search box, then you can get the best match called Command Prompt. Right-click on it and choose "Run as administrator".

Step 2: On the Command Prompt window, type diskpart and press "Enter".

Step 3: Type list disk and press "Enter". According to the list disk information, check which disk is your USB flash drive. For example, disk 2.

Step 4: Now type select disk 2 and press "Enter".

Step 5: Type format fs=ntfs or fat32 quick and press "Enter".

If you prefer other file system formats, change the command NTFS to the desired one, such as format fs=fat32.

Step 6: Type exit and hit Enter to close the window.

As Linux file system Ext2/3 is not compatible with Windows OS, you can refer to a UBS format tool in Part 2 for help.

After this, exit DiskPart and you save data to your USB flash drive again.