How to fix a USB drive showing up as two drives (fragmented into multiple partitions) on Windows

fix-USB-showing-up-as-two-partitions.md

How to fix a USB drive showing up as two drives (fragmented into multiple partitions) on Windows:

1. Hold the Windows key and press X, select PowerShell (Admin), select Yes to the pop-up. You can also use Command Prompt.
2. In the Powershell interface type diskpart to enter the disk partition tool.
3. Type list disk to see all disks listed.
4. Select the USB drive by typing select disk [NUMBER]. Be careful to select the correct drive.
5. Type clean. An error will occur if you have the drive folder open, close the window and repeat the command if this happens.
6. Type create partition primary.
7. Type format fs=ntfs quick to format the drive (you can also choose to set fs=fat32).
8. Type active.
9. Type assign.
10. Type list disk and confirm your drive looks healthy.
11. Type exit to exit.

You can get visual confirmation by typing ‘disk manager’ into the windows search bar in the bottom left. Select the USB to view.

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I can't believe I could do that. It's just amazing the idea of a hidden partition on the same drive. Thanks for helping.🦁

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Nice, thank you for this I thought the USB stick was dead but this worked ❤️

Thanks.
It helped a lot.

after typing format fs=ntfs, please it came back 0 percent

please help me, whenever i plug in the usb, it displays a message that i should format the disk and when i try to format it says the disk is write protected. I can not even open the disk

very helpful you fixed my issue :)

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please help me, whenever i plug in the usb, it displays a message that i should format the disk and when i try to format it says the disk is write protected. I can not even open the disk

It takes a while, averaging about 1%/min. ;-) on my laptop!

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Thank you very much it was very helpful and useful i had fixed my issue with my usb

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My computer says that :
Windows could not format your disk
after I type clean
Can you tell me the issue?

My computer says that : Windows could not format your disk after I type clean Can you tell me the issue?

Hi @Quasar011 I've not come across this error myself, so I'm not sure. I've found the following links which might help you:

1. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unsolve-windows-unable-to-complete-the-format/dc80d6d6-f741-4f2e-bbbc-a6633caf084b

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/lj866k/windows_cannot_format_this_drive_quit_any_other/

You did it it helped me a lot! Rufus just crashed my USB and made a mess on my bootable USB, Thanks!!

Thanks a lot! Worked for me 🥳

Hi! Is this working with sdcard?

Many thanks! It saved my day. :)

Thanks!!! I had a problem installing Linux in an old laptop. This helps a lot!!!

Savior! I ran into this issue and couldn't believe I was having so much trouble fixing it, but your steps worked perfectly. I think the 'clean' was the essential step I was missing. Thank you!

Format timing is too long why ?

Thanks for the steps to smite my misbehaving USB partitions. Much appreciated.