Recovering ZFS formatted USB back to FAT or NTFS

[garyn_87048]

After some experimentation and searching, I figured out how to return a USB drive back to FAT/NTFS format. A better place for this post may be in the how-to section, but I do not have privileges to post there. I found several threads where this was attempted, but I did not see success (apologize if this is a duplicate). I was using Windows-7.

Window Start button, run window, "diskpart". Enter command "list disk". Find your USB in the list and enter "select disk n" where n=drive number for USB. Enter the command "clean". Enter the command "create partition primary". Now, the USB drive can be formatted FAT or NTFS.

Hope this is useful!

Gary

 

[Mirfster]

Yes, should also add:

1. You can format it quick as well. Example Command: Format FS=FAT32 Quick
2. You should set it Active. Example Command: Active
3. You can Assign it (show it shows up). Example Command: Assign

/Disclaimer: Make sure you are correct in which disk you select (Command: Select Disk #); otherwise you can really mess up your data....