

Next you can type the command diskpart in Command Prompt window. Then you can type the command list disk, press Enter and all detected disks will be displayed with detailed information. Check carefully which disk is your USB drive. You may identify the USB by checking the size. Format USB flash drive/pen drive with CMD (Command Prompt) Type the command select disk 3 and press Enter to select the target USB flash drive. Tip: Before you format USB using CMD, you can confirm again that you’ve selected the right disk, to avoid formatting the wrong disk. You can type list disk command again, press Enter, and the selected disk should have a “*” mark before the disk number.Īfter that, you can type the command create partition primary, and press Enter. Then type the command format fs=ntfs or format fs=fat32, and press Enter to format the USB flash drive to NTFS or FAT32 format. Optionally you can add a “quick” flag after the command for a faster format.

The Data Savers LLC team strongly suggests you refrain from attempting to resolve any of these situations on your own. Hopefully, the data remains on the system unscathed.

This contrasts with physical failures almost exclusively related to hardware issues. Logical failures occur when the operating system (and by extension the user), cannot access the stored data on the drive due to issues with firmware and/or software. Logical Failures Causing File System Check Exit Code 8
