USB Key showing 248mb instead of 64Gb

[Scania]

I'm tearing my hair out with a USB key, bought it last week from OC/UK and have come to create a Win 10 installation this morning but can’t use it as the media creation tool is saying it’s too small.

In disk management it’s got 58 odd Gb unallocated which I’m assuming is the issue but I can’t wipe nor reformat the whole drive.

Can anybody point me to a free tool that’ll sort it out for me?

Thanks.

 

[Scania]

DiskPart maybe able to restore the drive.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

Thanks, I’ll take a look at that later.

make and model of the USB?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...b-3.0-flash-drive-dtse9g2-16gb-fl-162-ks.html

Sorry, it’s this one.

When I've seen this in the past with some Sandisk drives it's split into 2, the main storage and an encryption partition. The other time I've seen it is if it's a Linux live usb.

Try formatting it in disk manager if not I've had success with dedicated USB formatters, free opensource one. Can't remember the name and I'm at work so can't check until later

Cheers.

 

[Scania]

@randal

Very similar to my own method which has proven to be foolproof so far:

Run CMD and enter the following commands - ensure you choose the correct drive.

DISKPART

LIST DISK

(now it's time to identify the drive # for your USB key)

SELECT DISK 3

(substitute 3 with whatever # your USB key is)

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

ACTIVE

FORMAT FS=FAT32 QUICK

ASSIGN

EXIT

EXIT

Used this which fixed it.


Thanks all for the replies.