Windows 10: When reinstalling windows from a usb, will my drive be formatted when I delete all partitions?

When reinstalling windows from a usb, will my drive be formatted when I delete all partitions?

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

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!

 

Cannot Delete Partition on USB Flash Drive on Windows 10

Hi, William

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand the inconvenience caused to you. I will be glad to assist you with your issue.

Before proceeding with the troubleshooting steps, help me with the following questions.

1. How are you trying to format the USB drive?

2. Do you receive any error message when you try to delete the partition?

I would suggest you to connect another USB drive and check if you are able to format it.

Let us know the status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank You.