Windows 10: Corrupted USB Drive in exFat format

I was doing a backup of some files from my laptop to my 1TB USB Drive in exFat format.During the file transfer, the progress suddenly stopped and I got the message "The Semaphore Timeout Period Has Expired". The file explorer freezed and I was forced the end the process. Then I proceed to press the "remove usb drive safely" and then I replug the drive.All of a sudden my drive is not accessible and file system not recognised. Please find the screenshot in the following link.https://imgur.com/a/ZwXUsztI am now scanning the disk using testdisk.I am very panic right now. Can anyone shed some light

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Formating to exFAT

Hi Taylor,

If you want to format an external hard drive or USB flash drive in exFAT, you can follow these steps:

• Press and hold Windows key + x on your keyboard. This open the context menu.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type format g: /FS:exFAT and then Enter to begin formatting the G drive as exFAT

For any query, feel free to reach us.

 

Formating to exFAT

If that's the case, you might need to use a format manager software, but you can try these other steps first.

Kindly follow the instructions below:

• Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port.
• Type devmgmt.msc in the Search textbox beside the Windows icon and press
  Enter.
• Find Disk Drives and expand it.
• Find the USB flash drive you want to format, and double-click it. It opens the Properties dialog box.
• Click Policies tab.
• By default, the Optimize for quick removal option selected, switch it to
  Optimize for performance and then press OK.
• Now open Computer. Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select
  Format. The Format dialog box now appears.
• Select exFAT in the File System field.
• Press Start and wait while the process is completed.

Let us know how this goes.

 

How do I format an internal hard drive to exFAT in Windows 10?

If windows fails to format your hard drive to exFAT, you can use third-party tools to do the formatting thing for you. For example, PartitionGuru can format hard drive to exFAT as well.

Step 1: Install and run this partition manager and you can see the hard drive in the software.

Step 2: Select the hard drive you want to format and click the Format button on the tool bar.

Step 3: Select exFAT in the file system colume and then click "Format" button.