Comments on: How to format USB drive and memory stick with NTFS

By: dd

dd — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:28:16 +0000

This did not work on my WinXP install.

Set it Optimise for performance, and still only FAT32 is displayed.

In the end I formatted it as NTFS in Linux. Far easier.

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 06:56:09 +0000

It works like a charm!
I buy one 16Gb Usb and I was unable to paste on it 9Gb file.
now it works!
thanks a lot!

By: als

als — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:45:03 +0000

Kiki.
As I know this command works perfectly (even without need to delete your files) only in XP with at least SP2 or higher. I doubt that it would work in Vista or 7.

By: enzo

enzo — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:40:00 +0000

Sir, can you tell why my 2gb memory card became 126kb only after I formatted it on a computer? What can I do to change it back to a 2gb capacity memory card?

Thanks in advance! Sorry for the off-topic question.

By: saki

saki — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:16:23 +0000

Hi!
umm.. does this work for memory sticks too?
my memory stick won’t read. and it won’t format either.

By: Wyzzy

Wyzzy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:06:31 +0000

Yes it works for my flash drive! TY

By: Clark

Clark — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:38:27 +0000

“Also, versions of Windows older than 2000 cannot read NTFS file systems”

Windows NT 3.1, 3.51 and 4.0 would all like a word with you.

By: gab

gab — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:24:22 +0000

hi i have a kingston 2gb usb drive. I’m having trouble formatting it. tried everything but a message appears it cannot be formatted its RAW and can’t format it to ntfs, fat, or even fat32, even exfat. could somebody help me please…

By: roxannejoie

roxannejoie — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:52:21 +0000

Hi.

I tried it, but it still doesn’t work. I have a 8GB Sandisk micro SD and it’s not working. It needs to be formatted, but it can’t be formatted. It says that Windows is unable to complete the format and the device cannot be formatted.

I tried the instructions above but there is no options in the capacity.

Please help me. I really appreciate all the help.

By: Lum

Lum — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:41:39 +0000

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am using Sony Storage Device USB 8 GB. When I try to open it, I get the following “RUNDLL – Error Loading .\dx.dll the specified module could not be found.” I tied to scan for a virus but a virus was not detected. What should I do to open the USB?

Please assist.

By: Alex deLarge

Alex deLarge — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:19:31 +0000

I originally tried converting my 32gb FAT32 USB drive with HP USB Storage Format Tool (the link Dale M gave), but it fails at the very end. It left my stick as RAW and now I can’t use it at all. I’m trying the command line process now, but I don’t have high hopes for it. Any other suggestions?

I’m attempting to make a bootable USB with Windows XP on it. Do I HAVE to use NTFS for that?

By: Rizal1304

Rizal1304 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:15:31 +0000

Thanks a lot.. really works…I can now secure folders on my USB drive since it’s in NTFS format.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:52:16 +0000

Thanks! Solved my frustrating problem.

By: Tedge

Tedge — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:56:21 +0000

Hi to all,

I have a problem with my Cruzer micro(16gb), i bought it at eBay but i think its counterfeited. when i start using it for the first time it work properly, but when i ejected it and insert it again all the files inside my folders are corrupted and can’t even show the file format. Need some help over here. is there some software’s to deal with this??

i even tried to format it as FAT32 in win7 and xp but still the same problem happens, i can’t format it to NTFS either, Format not complete.

HELP PLEASE!!
email me please!
temothy_slasher_16@yahoo.com

By: lala

lala — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:34:50 +0000

The HP utility works like a charm. Thanks, Dale! However, the link above no longer takes you to it, so I found it here:

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool-Download-123786.html

If that link goes down, any future visitors should be able to find the tool by googling “HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.”