Then you can switch to Windows DiskPart.exe tool, which is a free USB format tool but more powerful than Disk Management and File Explorer. But there are some times when Windows cannot format USB drives as usual and pops out format error messages saying 'Windows was unable to complete the format', “ The disk is write protected”, etc. In general, formatting a USB drive in Windows Disk Management and File Explorer is a very straightforward process and takes a little time to complete. Try the Windows native free USB format tool-DiskPart So how do I format this USB drive successfully? Any recommended free USB format tool? Thanks!' Open Disk Management, it is displayed as RAW drive. In Windows File Explorer, the formatting process starts as usual, but at the end Windows cannot format the USB flash drive. Now I cannot format my SanDisk USB flash drive. 'I have upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 recently. The current version of ImageUSB is v (2449 KB).Try the Windows native USB format tool-DiskPart In this scenario, users will need to reformat the UFD in order to access the rest of the storage space. For example, if a 2GB image is copied to an 8GB USB Flash Drive, the drive will only be able to use two out of the eight gigabytes of storage space.

Warning: Due to the forensic nature of image duplication by ImageUSB, please ensure that you select UFDs with a storage size similar to the image you wish to duplicate. As of V1.5, imageUSB now supports extraction of ISO contents onto USB Drive. A reformat can recover the drive however.

So the direct imaging of ISO9660, Joliet or UDF file system, from a CD, to a USB drive, might not allow the USB drive to function in all operating systems.

(*) CD ISO images use a different file systems compared to USB drives. In addition, imageUSB has the ability to reformat even hard to format drives and reclaim any disk space that may be lost previously. Or alternatively to just Zero the MBR and/or GPT entries that exists on the drive. This will replace the contents of the entire drive with 0s. ImageUSB includes functionality to Zero a USB Flash Drive. ImageUSB can perform flawless mass duplications of all UFD images, including bootable UFDs. Unlike other USB duplication tools, ImageUSB can preserve all unused and slack space during the cloning process, including the Master Boot Record (MBR). ImageUSB can also be used to install OSFClone to a USB Drive for use with PassMark OSForensics™. ImageUSB also supports writing of an ISO file byte by byte directly to an USB drive (*). Capable of creating exact bit-level copies of USB Flash Drive (UFDs), ImageUSB is an extremely effective tool for the mass duplication of UFDs. ImageUSB is a free utility which lets you write an image concurrently to multiple USB Flash Drives.

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