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Fix a USB Drive Showing Up as Two Drives

Added 2024-04-30 18:22:54 +0000 UTC

Here we solve a bizarre little problem of our usb drives coming back with multiple partitions. It's a fairly easy process but it does involve some scary stuff so be certain to follow the directions clearly.

Hold the Windows key and press X, select PowerShell (Admin), select Yes to the pop-up. You can also use Command Prompt.
In the Powershell interface type diskpart to enter the disk partition tool.
Type list disk to see all disks listed.
Select the USB drive by typing select disk [NUMBER]. Be careful to select the correct drive
Remove the USB drive and type list disk . Confirm which drive disappears.
Type clean. If the drive folder was left open you will get an error, close the window and repeat the command..
Type create partition primary.
Type format fs=ntfs quick to format the drive (you can also choose to set fs=fat32).
Type active.
Type assign.
Type list disk to confirm
Type exit to exit.