Partitioning USB drive

[Bouzoo]

I've got a San Disk Extreme 64GB which I use all the time, and to make my life easier I want to partition it. First partition would be 8GB and it would be boot/install Win 10 x64 that I got from my uni (legal version), the second partition would be the rest and it would be used a regular storage. I've seen many guides but they either use Linux, which I currently don't have, or some programs/workarounds that work for some and not for others. Not to lose too much time I've decided to see if anyone in the community has had an experience with this topic. 

 

Cheers.

[JaegerB]

Have you tried using diskpart? It's a Windows command line tool.

[Master Disaster]

I use Easeus Partition Manager for my USB devices, partly because it has more features than Windows Disk Manager and partly because I require FAT32 partitions bigger than 4GB and Windows won't allow that under any circumstances (despite it being totally fine using it).

 

I'm really not sure how doing a multi partitioned USB drive is going to work with booting a Windows installer though.

[Bouzoo]

49 minutes ago, JaegerB said:

Have you tried using diskpart? It's a Windows command line tool.

Yeah I tried it, had some issues and couldn't get to recognize/allocate my 2nd pertition (the left over space).

20 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

I use Easeus Partition Manager for my USB devices, partly because it has more features than Windows Disk Manager and partly because I require FAT32 partitions bigger than 4GB and Windows won't allow that under any circumstances (despite it being totally fine using it).

 

I'm really not sure how doing a multi partitioned USB drive is going to work with booting a Windows installer though.

I ma trying it and it is working fine (trial version), however I'm getting the "all other operations are not available before format partition is applied". Any tips?

[Master Disaster]

1 minute ago, Bouzoo said:

Yeah I tried it, had some issues and couldn't get to recognize/allocate my 2nd pertition (the left over space).

I ma trying it and it is working fine (trial version), however I'm getting the "all other operations are not available before format partition is applied". Any tips?

First fo all try and find V10.0 of EPM, it was before they added a trial mode and works fully.

 

Yes, I believe if you are creating partitions you must create them then click apply before you try and format them.

[Bouzoo]

2 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

 

Yes, I believe if you are creating partitions you must create them then click apply before you try and format them.

OF course which doesn't work without a full license. Got it. Tnx!

[Bouzoo]

19 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

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Also I forgot, is the way to make it show both partitions? I can only see this first one, no matter the combo of primary/logical. Haven't even installed Win on it yet. I know windows in general doesn't allow, it, but is there a way to make it doable with the program?

Edited August 19, 2017 by Bouzoo

[Master Disaster]

2 hours ago, Bouzoo said:

Also I forgot, is the way to make it show both partitions? I can only see this first one, no matter the combo of primary/logical. Haven't even installed Win on it yet. I know windows in general doesn't allow, it, but is there a way to make it doable with the program?

Never tried it with a USB stick so can't answer. Sorry.

[Bouzoo]

2 minutes ago, hotweather said:

You can try with aomei disk partition free version and it works for me.

 

Can you somehow make it so both partitions are visible in WIndows?