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Q.
Can a USB drive be reformatted? If so, how?
A.
When you plug a USB drive (flash drive, etc.) into your computer, it will
recognize the device as an external hard drive. Since it does that, the USB
device can easily be formatted. However,
USB drives do not work with Windows 95
or
Windows 98, unless you install the correct drivers.
To
reformat your USB drive, double click on the My Computer icon on your
desktop and then find the icon of the USB drive you have plugged into your
computer.
Right click the correct USB drive and choose the
Format option.
You can then make any changes you want to the Options screen that appears and
when you're done, just click on the
Start button. Windows will then
format your USB drive. However, reformatting your USB drive will delete
everything on the drive and all of your data will be lost. So, make sure you
remove any important documents and files from your USB device before you proceed
on with the reformat process.
Let me know if you need anything else.
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