Windows 10: USB greyed out after format interrupted

Discus and support USB greyed out after format interrupted in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi,I was formatting quick format not selected a USB drive and it got accidentally disconnected from the machine. Now the USB is greyed out in My PC and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by michaelB_316, Jan 14, 2023.

  1. USB greyed out after format interrupted


    Hi,I was formatting quick format not selected a USB drive and it got accidentally disconnected from the machine. Now the USB is greyed out in My PC and the PC doesn't seem to recognise it all. So far I have to no avail tried to:1 - Uninstall USB Mass Storage Device in Device Manager, unplug then plug the USB drive back in.2 - Using Disk management and AOMEI Partition Assistant to try and format or repair but the USB drive isn't present in the list of drives at all.3 - Using the CMD chkdsk command but it says "Cannot open volume for direct access.".Have I completely ruined the USB drive? Than

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    michaelB_316, Jan 14, 2023
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  2. Fernandz Win User

    How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

    ¿You already tried this one?...

    Run CMD


    1. diskpart
    2. list disk

    Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

    2. select disk #
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

    good luck!
     
    Fernandz, Jan 14, 2023
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  3. freebird_9924, Jan 14, 2023
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  4. mikel33 Win User

    USB greyed out after format interrupted

    USB Flash Drive saying not formatted..?

    Hi,

    I have a Memorex Poker Chip USB Flash Drive 1GB, and It shows up fine on one PC as "Poker Chip" in explore, and I can transfer files... but on my other PC (the one I'm on now..specs in profile) it's listed only as H: Removable Disk, and when I click on it, it says: "The Device is not formatted, would you like to format it now? (Y/N). Why would it be recognized on one PC, but the not the other? How come the other PC didn't need it formatted? When I click yes to format it, it says: "Windows was unable to complete the format"

    I went to the BIOS and USB 2.0 is enabled. And Device Manager does list it as a Memorex Poker Chip..
     
    mikel33, Jan 14, 2023
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