The Format dialog box now appears.ĩ) Press Start and wait while the process will be completed. Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select Format. It opens the Properties dialog box.Ħ) By default, the Optimize for quick removal option selected, switch it to Optimize for performance and then press OK.ħ) Now open Computer. 2) Click Start, type devmgmt.msc in the Search textbox and press Enter.Ĥ) Find the USB flash drive you want to format, and double-click it. Its unique feature is the ability to completely erase all its content either manually, by the user, or automatically after 24 hours of inactivity.
There are two methods for clearing data off of a USB flash drive - formatting the drive or just manually deleting all the files. If you do not wanna waste time going through my unnecessarily long steps, here are the short steps that helped me:ġ) Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port. A USB drive is an easy-to-use device for transferring files from computer to computer, but when drives are full or the files are no longer needed, you may want to clear everything off them. I went through a bit of trouble searching the web (could be easy for you and you do not need to read this). But I could not reuse my Flash drive normally as a storage device after this process. Then I gave up on the Ubuntu dream, almost!.
Step 1:Download and install the Windows Password Key into an accessible computer.
I am puting this tutorial after a failed attempt at installing ubuntu using a Flash drive as a BOOTABLE device. So we recommend you third party program Windows Password Key to reset your login password.
