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| - | [title] Formatting used flash drives ( |
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| - | [* icon_ |
| - | [* black] Open up Disk Management on your computer. You can |
| - | [* black] Select Disk Management, and then select the flash drive. |
| - | [* black] Right click the flash drive, and select ***Format...***. This will trigger a warning you will lose all data on the drive, and ask if you want to continue. Click ***Yes*** |
| + | [title] Formatting used flash drives (Computer Management) |
| + | [* icon_note] This step is not required for new flash drives and is only intended for used flash drives. The reason for this is used drives are at risk for poor file system integrity, so formatting is suggested to make sure the file system is clean. If you care about the contents on the drive, do a backup first since this will erase everything on it. |
| + | [* black] Open up Disk Management on your computer. You can right click Computer and then Manage, or search Computer Management. |
| + | [* black] Select Disk Management, and then select the flash drive. Use the drive letter you seen in Windows explorer to find it. |
| + | [* black] Right click the flash drive, and select ***Format...*** to format the drive. This will trigger a warning you will lose all data on the drive, and ask if you want to continue. Click ***Yes*** |