How to Format Pendrive Correctly in Windows
You must have had a flash drive that was fully loaded with files in it, right? When comparing deleting files one by one, it is even more efficient to delete the entire file or known as flash disk format
By formatting the flash, of course all data or files in it will be deleted. Now for those who don’t know how to format a flash drive properly and correctly, DafundaTekno will share the steps in the following steps.
How to Format a Flashdisk Well and Correctly
- Things you need to pay attention to
- Make sure you already have a flash to format.
- Pay attention to the files in it you don’t use anymore
- Back up first the contents of the flash to another place so that you can still find the files that you will need later.
- Prepare a PC / laptop to format the flash
Steps to Format a Good and Correct Flashdisk
- Connect the flash that you want to format via the port on the PC/laptop that has been provided
- Now open Windows Explorer, then right-click on the Flash Drive, then select Format.
- Here you can choose the options according to your wishes, such as File system, Allocation Unit Size, Volume Label, and Format Options.
- If you have selected one of these options, now select Start to continue the formatting process. Later there will be a notification in a new window, click OK to continue the process, as well as to start the format.
Finished!
Easy isn’t it? But it would be nice before doing the steps above, first know the following things so that you format the flash properly and correctly.
File System
By default in the File system there are 3 options, namely, NTFS, FAT32, and exFAT. So which one is more recommended, you can try a little bit on Google about the explanation is about the file system.
Allocation Size
Allocation Unit Size is a small space given to the system to control the writing process on the Flashdisk
Allocation Unit Size is a small part of the space given to the system to help the writing process on the Flashdisk.
So the bigger the allocated partition space, the better the system performance when reading files on the flash drive and vice versa.
Now in this option you can choose the option according to your needs. If you want to save a file with a large size, then just maximize the allocation size to get maximum performance. Conversely, if you want to save a file with a medium or small size, then you can choose a small allocation size.
However, in general you can just leave it in the default options.
Volume Label
Volume label is the name used by a flash, here you can use the name as you wish. But here are some limitations based on the type of file system that you can choose, including:
NTFS, this type you can use only 32 letters, and can be displayed with lowercase and uppercase.
FAT, this type you can use only 11 letters. You cannot use characters or symbols such as ([email protected]#$%^&*()<>?/{[]}~`)
Format Options
In the default settings, the options Quick Format it’s already checked. Where the Flashdisk is only in charge of deleting it, it doesn’t do anything at all deep scan. Meanwhile, if it is unchecked. Then it will not only format, but will also perform scanning on the flash disk to diagnose problems in the section bad sectors. This of course takes a long time when compared to Quick Format.
Those are some good things and steps to format your flash disk. If you have any questions, please ask via the comments column below. Thank you for visiting, hopefully useful.
