How to Wipe All Partitions on USB Flash Drive on Windows

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024

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  • @jonthebru
    @jonthebru 5 месяцев назад +6

    Eight years later I used a large flash drive to experiment with Linux and found the problem you solved here. After I did my fiddling with Linux I discovered that the drive couldn't be used for any other purpose. With this video I followed step by step and solved the problem, now it is usable again! Thank you very much!

    • @johndavid3598
      @johndavid3598 4 месяца назад

      Same here. Making Linux bootable USB drives really messes my USB drives up.

  • @jorgeolguingarcia
    @jorgeolguingarcia 4 часа назад

    8 years going and still the best tutorial for this type of problems. Best regards

  • @codesurferdev
    @codesurferdev 2 месяца назад +1

    No nonsense, no long intro, straight to the juicy bits, THANK YOU!!!

  • @2endcliffe
    @2endcliffe 7 лет назад +40

    great vid easy and I got my 16gb flash drive back. thanks from uk

  • @armandokrulc3822
    @armandokrulc3822 5 лет назад +1

    so you have the only video on RUclips that truly shows every step corectly and everything works on the end

  • @nullandvoid11
    @nullandvoid11 2 года назад +2

    straight to the point. i find myself continuing to return to this video everytime I have to wipe a USB drive. thank you

  • @aMAXproduction
    @aMAXproduction 5 лет назад +2

    Dude thank you so much! My flashdrive hops between a Mac and PC a lot so things get wonky when I mess with them. But this clears it all up! You're a savior.

  • @dylanbessent8094
    @dylanbessent8094 8 лет назад +2

    I just want to thank you for all you videos you've made. I learned a lot through every single video. It gave me an interest in technology and now I'm looking into CompTIA Certification. Hope to see an increase in uploads and honestly, you deserve more subs in my opinion.

  • @wally3813
    @wally3813 2 года назад

    Thank you, had like 18 viruses on the drive and like 18 partitions but I got the drive back thanks to your video

  • @UnreadyPlayer
    @UnreadyPlayer 11 месяцев назад

    That easier than I thought. Thanks for not beating around the bush, I just saved what I thought was a broken thumb drive

  • @ExitoxminutoBlog
    @ExitoxminutoBlog 6 лет назад +12

    great! worked ,you are the man!

  • @randomname1519
    @randomname1519 9 лет назад

    I have been with this channel since the wii homebrew videos

    • @MicrowaveSam
      @MicrowaveSam  9 лет назад

      +Random Name Hey Random Name, appreciate it! It sure has been a long time since 2011!

  • @-Snstrm
    @-Snstrm 5 лет назад

    This video is over three years old at this point and it still works fine for me. Thanks for the helpful advice.

    • @alfmea
      @alfmea Год назад +1

      This comment is over 3 years old at this point.

    • @crossed82
      @crossed82 Год назад

      @@alfmea For sure, and it just fixed my issue too! Lol It's great to see a six year old video still being relevant in the PC world.

  • @Stay_Positive_live
    @Stay_Positive_live Год назад +1

    The most usefull tutorial of all time thanks for 5 minutes of pure doing something and it accualy works I'm a programmer and the satisfaction from this tutorial working is extreme! Leaving a sub and a like!

  • @frajozelro1954
    @frajozelro1954 Год назад +1

    At last! I finally found a tutorial that fixed my particular USB problems. The "New Simple Volume..." tip 3:05 made the difference. Thanks.

  • @adam.walker
    @adam.walker 5 лет назад +1

    I used a 16GB flash drive to install Linux on a old laptop and after I was done I had no idea how to get my drive back, This saved me!

  • @maurog3657
    @maurog3657 3 года назад

    I was searching for a tutorial video on this and i found your video! My USB drive is now fixed. thx!

  • @AstrlJelly
    @AstrlJelly 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you, I had 10 partitions for some reason, and this put them all together. Thanks for the very helpful and useful guide!

  • @kafu1965
    @kafu1965 5 лет назад

    Not even trash . Works 2019 . Is one of the best tutorials I ever saw on youtube. I tried it and it works . You are explaining really but really good❤

  • @arghyadas4138
    @arghyadas4138 5 лет назад +1

    Best Tutorial Ever on RUclips

  • @NeedlessTv_
    @NeedlessTv_ 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks. I flashed my 8 GB USB with windows 10, and this somehow destroyed the partition. Your tutorial helped me fix it.

  • @EdwinSteiner
    @EdwinSteiner 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks! Very useful and to the point.
    P.S.: It seems to help to use "exit" to leave diskpart after "clean" has completed, before creating the new volume. Before I did "exit" diskpart, disk management seemed to block when creating the new volume.

  • @TaeConSui
    @TaeConSui 5 лет назад +8

    Man, i don't speak english, so in spanish:
    Excelente tutorial, de verdad. No conocía este comando de Windows y gracias a él he revivido mi pendrive. Muchas gracias.

    • @orangesnowman7137
      @orangesnowman7137 3 года назад +1

      Traducción al inglés:
      Excellent tutorial, really. I did not know this Windows command and thanks to it I have revived my pendrive. Thanks a lot

  • @KhamziTheAfricanAIGuy
    @KhamziTheAfricanAIGuy Год назад

    This helped me in 2023, Thanks bro. keep doing what you do

  • @catthing3398
    @catthing3398 3 года назад

    This works well, this increases the size to the max the USB can hold normally, nice video!

  • @cyril3395
    @cyril3395 7 лет назад +2

    You saved me man!I almost thought i destroyed my USB Flash Drive.Thanks!!!!!

  • @fredlao6655
    @fredlao6655 8 месяцев назад

    i yanked the thumb drive before assigning new drive letter . Failed , inserted thumb drive n finish the video where new letter is assigned and it worked . Thank you sir !!!

  • @sagnikdeb4403
    @sagnikdeb4403 Месяц назад

    Thank a lot for your guide, I was looking for this exact senario where i formatted my usb drive from disk management. You have my support😉

  • @sirius8163
    @sirius8163 Год назад +2

    This is a really good and simple tutorial. Keep up the great work!

  • @SharpCosmos
    @SharpCosmos 4 года назад

    This helped a lot, for some reason my flash drive was registered as 3 drives and little space in all of them but after what you showed me, boom problem solved.

  • @goldenpotatobull
    @goldenpotatobull 4 года назад +1

    Still works in 2020! Thanks for the help my guy!

  • @whateveryouwantinthepowder3880
    @whateveryouwantinthepowder3880 3 года назад

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! i tried to install chrome OS on my USB drive to try it out. but then the program that said it was installing it onto my USB drive actually just made 23 partitions and formatted it in a way where windows can't read it. THIS VIDEO SAVED MY USB DRIVE THANKS SO MUCH!

  • @Borensvids
    @Borensvids 7 лет назад

    thank you, your still helping people in 2017

  • @raaska9212
    @raaska9212 4 года назад

    no comment to describe how grateful i am. man

  • @venkatashivaji
    @venkatashivaji 4 года назад

    Simple and the best i found after going to a lot of videos

  • @leepinnguin9682
    @leepinnguin9682 6 лет назад

    OMG, thanks, you saved my 64GB flash drive for college!! I appreciate it very much!

  • @mikemartin3877
    @mikemartin3877 5 лет назад

    Excellent video. Recovered my Flash drive and all working again. Thank you

  • @muzakeer4495
    @muzakeer4495 2 года назад

    A 6yr old vid helped by saving a lot of time thank you ❤️

  • @helicap11
    @helicap11 9 месяцев назад

    Superb!! Short, easy, informative!! Very helpful!

  • @noxxejv7163
    @noxxejv7163 3 года назад

    Still works as of March 17, 2021, thanks for the tutorial bro!

  • @prestozable
    @prestozable 5 лет назад +1

    OMG watched so many other videos on how to do this! This one actually helped!!!

  • @joelstolarski2244
    @joelstolarski2244 6 месяцев назад

    very nicely explained and nice to see the closeups of screen while doing the usb in a side panel. otherwise would have to do full screen and keep switching back and forth. usually use 2 laptops to do tutorials sometimes

  • @AAAA-j5u8s
    @AAAA-j5u8s 4 месяца назад

    Thank you it worked. One of the guys said he’s drive didn’t appear it was the same with me but we were both idiots and we didn’t go right to the final steps exactly like in your video.

  • @johnkasonga6634
    @johnkasonga6634 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video. I was able to clean my USB after watching this video.

  • @re-boot8679
    @re-boot8679 29 дней назад

    Now that's how you teach. Very helpful, thank you

  • @inorgagroni
    @inorgagroni 5 лет назад

    Awesome - quick and simple. I had to close Computer Management and reselect the disk in diskpart (gave error "DiskPart has encountered an error: the device is not ready. See the System Event Log for more information."), but other than that, worked flawlessly! Thanks so much

  • @Musoholic21
    @Musoholic21 Год назад

    Such a simple procedure it was . In
    other videos I even don't know what I am doing

  • @gacerra1
    @gacerra1 2 года назад

    Worked great, other videos didn't work. this one did thanks

  • @jeromety3620
    @jeromety3620 3 года назад

    wow quick , simple, easy , what else! thanks man, still useful more than 5 years after! you saved my big usb key!

  • @dannysadana5775
    @dannysadana5775 2 года назад

    Thank you , Flash Drive is working at full capacity.

  • @vin8532
    @vin8532 Год назад

    Worked as expected. Thank you for these simple steps!

  • @HamburgerTrain13
    @HamburgerTrain13 5 лет назад

    Had Raspian on an SD card that had it all partitioned and messy, this video was extremely helpful. Thanks.

  • @RubenTommelein
    @RubenTommelein 7 лет назад

    Thnx dude, Windows didn't showed my ubuntu programs on it so I couldn't delete them, now it worked, thanks!

  • @JO_Artificial
    @JO_Artificial 4 года назад

    OMG, I’ve looked for all alternatives, thanks bro, this has helped me out a bunch.

  • @amandawilson7071
    @amandawilson7071 6 лет назад

    THANK YOU!!! I have been trying to reset mine for weeks with no success.. This worked like a charm!

  • @ceejcake
    @ceejcake 3 года назад

    Worked! I bought a drive off of Amazon and it had like 30 partitions not sure why but this fixed it

  • @balaji4045
    @balaji4045 6 лет назад

    My usb flash drive dead in 8months and watch your video I am recovery my drive thanks sir most useful video

  • @Kevtly
    @Kevtly 7 лет назад +1

    Instructions were clear and I managed to fix my usb! liked and Subscribed ❤

  • @rexcowan4314
    @rexcowan4314 5 лет назад

    Perfect help video. Had to make allowances for Windows 10 but it worked perfectly. Saved my usb from being thrown out the window.

  • @finkitsallover
    @finkitsallover 2 года назад +5

    My drive now doesn't appear at all

  • @detody3985
    @detody3985 5 лет назад +1

    Bro thank you so much. You really help me a lot, i thought i killed my USB by my wrong doing. A BIG THUMBS UP👍😀

  • @AutisticFloppa
    @AutisticFloppa 9 месяцев назад

    legend, my 2d drive was showing up as 3 drives for some reason and this fixed it.

  • @therealspadezz
    @therealspadezz 3 года назад

    thank you so much! I cleaned all the data on the flash drive (willingly) in command prompt and it took forever to figure out how to make it exist again haha

  • @BinauralBae
    @BinauralBae 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this. Came in handy when my usb wasn't playing nice updating my music gear firmware

  • @Sotheli
    @Sotheli 5 лет назад

    Extremely useful, thanks dude! MemTest86 partitioned a flash drive I had from 2g down to 250mb (and didnt work anyway). Couldn't merge the partitions back into one contiguous one! Worked like a charm.

  • @inxnite4071
    @inxnite4071 2 года назад

    thanks dude i tried to install linux on my usb drive but it ended up kinda corrupted so this helped alot you deserve my sub

  • @DabooksofEli
    @DabooksofEli 3 года назад

    helped me out in 2021, thanks for the info man.

  • @rexmagi4606
    @rexmagi4606 7 лет назад

    Thanks man this was one of the few helpful partition-based videos lol.

  • @bedhead231
    @bedhead231 5 лет назад +1

    Fixed my old flash drive thank you!

  • @vancemilford9512
    @vancemilford9512 6 лет назад

    Thank you so much for this video. Got my flash drive back to normal.

  • @karatenomichiworldfederati6679
    @karatenomichiworldfederati6679 4 года назад

    The only video that helped me! Great job! Thanks a lot.

  • @jewelkitkatmylady2469
    @jewelkitkatmylady2469 5 лет назад

    Thank you so much instead of running to a family gru of comptuer problems i fixed my own problem. Through your very easy youtube video. Diffently made me feel empowered and more confeident in my computer skills. Thank you so much.

  • @Drfau1710
    @Drfau1710 3 года назад

    Finally a solution video that worked in one go!

  • @brb-ok8072
    @brb-ok8072 4 года назад

    worked. now i can stay at home with my mrs during the lockdown.

  • @arvindkumarjaiswal1970
    @arvindkumarjaiswal1970 Год назад

    Thanks, Just straight forward and informative video
    You earned a sub

  • @shalvabekauri6705
    @shalvabekauri6705 4 года назад

    Great video..... Super useful. Nothing has helped me but this video is just brilliant. Thank you men so much..

  • @calimotolife5194
    @calimotolife5194 5 лет назад

    U are the best man alive thanks so much. I been try to figure this out for hours

  • @santetzuken8903
    @santetzuken8903 3 года назад

    Thanks. This worked on my usb flash drive with a bootloader and an old hard drive with linux OS on it.

  • @blitzblink685
    @blitzblink685 5 лет назад +3

    you're a legend for this thank you so much

  • @JoeytheKangarooTech
    @JoeytheKangarooTech Год назад

    TYSM! I needed a flash drive so I could install Windows Developer Preview on my ThinkPad!

  • @filomartinez247
    @filomartinez247 6 лет назад

    this video has been most helpful my friend...thank you bro

  • @tomy741100
    @tomy741100 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks a lot! Got back my flash drive.
    Ps: I will never use Rufus again.

    • @dnetne5508
      @dnetne5508 5 лет назад +1

      lmao I was doing it for it haha

    • @sidharths9416
      @sidharths9416 5 лет назад

      Hahahhahaa same here. But now we got the solution isn't ? So we can use it again

  • @kedarlokhande4999
    @kedarlokhande4999 6 лет назад

    Thanks a lot, It was so irritating to see that small 144 MB partition, this worked really well.

  • @braydonellis6778
    @braydonellis6778 5 лет назад

    Thank you, it worked and now i have my 32gb flash drive back

  • @darkerm76
    @darkerm76 7 лет назад

    Great video. Really helped me a lot with my 16gb pendrive with 8 partition

  • @franceskacani6292
    @franceskacani6292 3 года назад

    Thank you so much! I tried everything but only this method worked!!!

  • @notsotacticalninja2409
    @notsotacticalninja2409 5 лет назад +2

    Okay this was very helpful thanks for tutorial!!!

  • @TomTerrific
    @TomTerrific 8 лет назад

    Great tip that I have never needed until this last few weeks. Easy to follow and it works - THANKS!!!!!!!!!

  • @samwithauri
    @samwithauri 5 лет назад +1

    Straight to the point. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

  • @icemanff23
    @icemanff23 10 месяцев назад

    Thanks for your video it helped find the missing properties

  • @vneem3758
    @vneem3758 6 лет назад +4

    DiskPart has encountered an error: Access is denied.
    See the System Event Log for more information.

    • @satan840
      @satan840 4 года назад

      were you ever able to figure it out? im stuck with the same issue

  • @patrickterino201
    @patrickterino201 7 лет назад +3

    Ily my 64gig has been brought back from the dead

  • @danishamin397
    @danishamin397 5 лет назад

    1st time got my prob n just 2:41mins (not watching full tuturial)
    u r rock bro,keep it up.❤️🙂

  • @happysandson3223
    @happysandson3223 2 года назад

    That was short and quick, thank you

  • @alanhart9992
    @alanhart9992 2 месяца назад

    Nice clean instructions

  • @robinrice2262
    @robinrice2262 6 лет назад

    Perfect video for saving flash drives

  • @adiss2974
    @adiss2974 5 лет назад +1

    I found this video so useful. Straight forward, to the point and it still works in 2019!

  • @leutrimzogjani6799
    @leutrimzogjani6799 6 лет назад +3

    Extremely clear and helpful tutorial. Thanks a lot!

  • @KuwindaMaxx
    @KuwindaMaxx 3 года назад +1

    Thankz Bro It Worked..❤️

  • @EliteGamingEntertainment
    @EliteGamingEntertainment 4 года назад

    Thank you for this video. I had 3 separate partitions on my USB and for my RUclips this became a nightmare. Followed the steps you took and i now have 1 partition as 32GB. The other videos had no voice over making it so irritating. Thanks again