How to format a USB / external harddrive.

[MarkW7]

I hope this is the right section

Credits to: (My website, i'll be hosting more in the future).

http://tuts.mcompute.co.uk/formatting_usb.html

Hope it helps, if you need help with anything or have any ideas for future tuts then post here / PM me.

[Zomaian]

You can also just launch Command Prompt and do format E: for example.

[techuser56]

heck to format a external drive just right click it and click format .....on windows anyways

[MarkW7]

Yep, that's what the tutorial is

I remember when i was a noob and couldn't figure out how to do it

[HatredTrinity]

For linux you can use GEDIT for gnome or fdisk. I personally like fdisk as I tend to stay away from GUI's.

[MarkW7]

I used fdisk when installing Backtrack 3 to harddrive. Also used qtparted and gparted.

[WMM]

Well if you use U3 drives and format it using windows then it will not launch U3 unless it restores it self.

[MarkW7]

I heard about U3, i just encrypt mine under linux.