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Fix flash drive for Windows installation media
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Thanks to cereberus on tenforums.com.

Do you have a flash drive that you previously used for a Linux install and now want to use it for a Windows install? Does the flash drive not show up for the Windows installation media? Follow the steps below to wipe the USB flash drive and stage it for Windows.

Open a command prompt/terminal with admin rights and type the following:

diskpart

list disk

select disk n (where n is disk number of usb drive from above command)

list disk (check asterisk by usb disk to show you have selected right drive)

clean (warning wipes drive completely hence must be sure right drive)

create partition primary

select partition 1

format fs=ntfs quick

assign

exit

exit
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