Restore USB full storage

Sometimes you buy a USB from shop and when you plug in USB and you find out that USB has not same storage that is written on USB. So today I’ll show you how to fix this by using some simple commands. This happened because of partition problem in USB. There is some partitioning done in USB and that partition is not labeled which cause the low storage of the USB.

Follow these simple steps:

1.  First of open the command prompt with Administrative privileges :

Start -> Search -> Write cmd in search bar

Right click on cmd and run as Administrator

2.  After opening command prompt write simple commands which will help you to fix this problem :

In the command prompt write -> “diskpart” and hit Enter.

3.  A new windows pop-up and waiting for some commands :

Now plugin affected USB and follow these simple commands.

4.  Now wirte -> list disk and press Enter :

A list of disks will appear in command prompt. Which will allow to select the usb in the command prompt.

Now here are the disks and there is Disk 0 (which appears to be your hard drive) and the Disk 1 which will the USB drive. Be aware! Don’t select hard drive this method will wipe all of your data.

5.  Now select disk 1 for clean format :

Follow this simple command for select and format the USB drive :

select disk (disk number of your USB drive) 1

In my case the number of following number of USB drive is 1

select disk 1 <- write this command in command prompt and hit Enter. After this command this’ll pop up.

6.  After selecting the USB drive type this command in command prompt and hit enter :

clean <- write this command in command prompt and hit Enter. After this command this’ll pop up.

7.  After cleaning the USB you have to create the partition in the USB :

Now there is no partition in the USB and at this point USB is not usable so let’s create the partition by enter this simple command.

create partition primary <- write this command in command prompt and hit Enter. After this command this’ll pop up.

This command will create primary partition and you are almost done with fixing the USB. Now you have to format the USB by this command and the USB will be fine and you’ll have the all the storage of the USB.

8.  Now we have to format the USB by using this simple command and now you are done with fixing up your USB drive :

format fs=ntfs quick <- write this command in command prompt and hit Enter. After this command this’ll pop up.

This is it, after all these commands the storage of USB drive will restore and you’ll be able to enjoy the full storage of the USB.