Broken USB Drive

[Cypher_]

So I burned a Linux ISO to my 8gb usb. But I decided I needed it for something else soon after so I decided to be super smart and just reformat it by just right clicking on it in "this Pc" and reformat it. But that didn't work and it's stuck with just 2MB of space. But it should have around 8GB. It shows the missing space in disk management but I can't seem to re-allocate it. No matter what I try, nothing works. Help!

 

[RedWulf]

Minitools partition wizard free is my go to for formats and partitions

[Altecice]

You can wipe the partition table and all data manually via Command Prompt:

 

Open up a Command Prompt as Admin:

Diskpart

list disk (find the 8GB USB pen, note its number)

Select disk #

clean

create part pri

select partition 1

format fs=fat32 quick

active

assign

 

your USB pen should now pop up in a Window with a new drive letter and a single 8GB partition.

 

 

 

[Cypher_]

1 hour ago, Altecice said:

You can wipe the partition table and all data manually via Command Prompt:

 

Open up a Command Prompt as Admin:

Diskpart

list disk (find the 8GB USB pen, note its number)

Select disk #

clean

create part pri

select partition 1

format fs=fat32 quick

active

assign

 

your USB pen should now pop up in a Window with a new drive letter and a single 8GB partition.

 

 

 

Thanks for the help!! It worked!