Windows 10: What format does my removable drive need to be in to be recognised?

I'm using Media Creation Tool to refurbish via upgrade 2 tablets to Windows 10, to make extra cash. What file format does my removable drive need to be in for Media Creation Tool to be able to see and utilize removable drive.P.S. I DON'T NEED OPINIONS, I NEED ONE OF MICROSOFT CORPERATION'S SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS TO SPEAK ON MEDIA CREATION TOOL; I NEED CONFIRMED FACTS; NOT OPINIONS BASED ON WHAT SOME RANDO THINKS I MEAN, WHEN I LETERALLY MEAN WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN HERE IN THIS REQUEST!!

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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!

 

Format an external Drive.

Hello Roger,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

I would suggest you to follow the below steps to format the drive you are referring to.

• Right Click on Start menu and select Open Computer Management.
  
• 
  In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.
  
• 
  Right-click the volume that you want to format, and then click Format.
  
• 
  To format the volume with the default settings, in the Format dialog box, click
  OK, and then click OK again.
  

Note: You cannot format a disk or partition that is currently in use, including the partition that contains Windows.

Hope it helps.

Thank you.

 

USB Flash Drive Not Recognised

To find what Navy suggest:: Open a CMD window as administrator and type: diskpart list disk (it will list all drives. Identify the USB drive number) select disk n (replace n by the USB drive number obtained with list disk) list part (is there more than one partition?) select part 1 detail part (is it ntfs or Fat32?) exit