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That isn’t what it explores.) The tool we will use is the built in Disk Management tool.
(which makes sense that it cannot see things that aren’t Windows. To see the whole story we need a better tool than Windows Explorer. If Windows does not recognize the drive at all, the following steps may still be of use if the drive is connected but does not trigger an auto-run response. Creating a hidden partition is left as an exercise for the reader. It would look like you had a working drive but the second half of the drive might be unreachable. If you formatted the drive into two equal partitions and they both used FAT32 file systems. The format prompt comes only because it does not recognize the file system. If Windows recognizes the drive and does not prompt you to format it, that does not mean there are not partitions hiding away in the back. What we see here is likely just the first partition. NOTES:įrom what I have heard, Windows only recognizes the first partition of a drive whether it is trying to boot it or trying to retrieve data off of it. If I format it now, I will only have access to that 99 MB partition. Unfortunately, while it recognizes that the drive is plugged in, my 8 GB USB drive appears to only be 99 MB as seen in the capacity line.
The prompt does not recognized the drive but since we want to format the drive for new use, we can click “Format disk.” This action brings up a dialog box which allows us to choose the specifics of how the format takes place. When you plug in a USB drive that has an unrecognized file system, the following prompt will appear: Won’t necessarily happen to you, but it happened to me. Done it before but thankfully had everything backed up. Additionally, the tools that will be used allow you to perform the same operations on any drive connected to your computer. Take the necessary steps to ensure that you do not lose anything important.
How to reformat a usb drive with 2 drive letters into one how to#
If you decide you no longer want Arch Linux on your USB drive, or the installation fails and you have to start from scratch this is the guide that can get you back to your starting point, no worse than when you started – hopefully.ĭisclaimer : This tutorial is on how to reformat a USB drive which will erase anything on your USB drive. In my example, I am actually removing an old Linux installation from my USB drive.
How to reformat a usb drive with 2 drive letters into one series#
In preparation for my series on how to run Arch Linux from a USB drive, this tutorial will demonstrate how I format a USB drive to clear old data and delete any partitions that may have been created.
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