3

I am trying to delete the partition on a USB flash drive (trying to format it using Windows 10 is unsuccessful). Using diskpart I get the following output:

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          232 GB      0 B
  Disk 1    Online           14 GB      0 B

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
* Partition 1    Primary             14 GB      0 B

DISKPART> select partition 1

There is no partition selected.

DISKPART> clean

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> list partition

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
* Partition 1    Primary             14 GB      0 B

DISKPART> delete partition

There are no partitions selected.
Please select a partition, and try again.

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     F                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media
  Volume 1         System-rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
  Volume 2     C                NTFS   Partition    169 GB  Healthy    Boot
  Volume 3     D   Volume       NTFS   Partition     62 GB  Healthy    Pagefile
  Volume 4                      NTFS   Partition    487 MB  Healthy    Hidden
* Volume 5     E                RAW    Removable     14 GB  Healthy

What is wrong? Is there anything else that's worth trying or is the hardware definitely broken?

Improve this question
5
  • @Walmart: That yields identical results as select partition 1 and delete partition.
    – schtandard
    Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 13:40
  • I didn't realize this was a USB and I read fast. I though you listed the part but forgot to sel it before the del command. I thought that's what I saw but I left as a quick comment only though to try to help quickly. . . I was wrong apparently but tried.
    – Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style
    Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 15:45
  • Same problem here, Windows 10 and SD card
    – sdbbs
    Commented Feb 27, 2019 at 13:22
  • Windows might try to force one partion per USB pendrive. Not sure why, but I remember running into clallenges like that quite often in the past. though multiple partition would likely require a partition table and offset-0 seems to tell me there is none
    – Hennes
    Commented Dec 27, 2020 at 22:20
  • Try zapping LBA 0, superuser.com/a/1760400/705502
    – Joep van Steen
    Commented Jan 4, 2023 at 1:33

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
0

I did this and it worked for me:

First select the proper disc. Next type in disk clear readonly

Next run the clean command.

Improve this answer
0

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .