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Format A Usb Key From The Command Prompt in Windows 9524 O4hgxf

Format a USB drive from the command prompt in 3 steps: 1. Connect the USB drive and open the command prompt 2. Identify the drive letter assigned to the USB drive 3. Enter the command "format /q /x" followed by the drive letter to quickly format the USB drive and force it to dismount if needed.

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Format A Usb Key From The Command Prompt in Windows 9524 O4hgxf

Format a USB drive from the command prompt in 3 steps: 1. Connect the USB drive and open the command prompt 2. Identify the drive letter assigned to the USB drive 3. Enter the command "format /q /x" followed by the drive letter to quickly format the USB drive and force it to dismount if needed.

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Format a USB Key from the Command Prompt in

Windows
March 2016

Formatting an USB flash drive from the command prompt is a simple process that can be achieved using
the format command, which works for most version of Microsoft Windows (Windows 95 up to Windows
8.1).

How To Format a USB Key from the Command Prompt


Connect the USB flash drive to your PC. Then click on Start > Run. Type cmd and click on OK. Your USB
flash drive will be assigned a letter. For the purposes of this example, we have provided a command using
the letter G but note that you should replace this letter with that which is assigned to your key. Type the
following command, followed by Enter:

format /q /x G:

Note: The q parameter stands for "quick format" and the x parameter will force the selected volume to
dismount if needed.

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