How to Erase and Format a USB Drive on Your Mac. By Chris Hoffman on May 19th, 2016. Macs support a variety of file systems. To format a drive on a Mac.
- Mac Usb Drive Format
- Mac Format Usb Flash Drive
- How To Format Lexar Jumpdrive
- Lexar Usb Driver Download
- Lexar Usb Format Tool
USB Disk Storage Format Tool utility allows you to quickly and thoroughly format virtually any USB flash drive with your choice of FAT, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS partition types.
Features: Quick format and safe format. Erase all data and delete space on flash drives that cannot be removed in the traditional way. Remove any tracks of malicious software that may have infected it. Correct partition errors if any. Create volume label for USB disk drives. Scan drive for errors before formatting. Create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB.
The software has been tested with thousands of flash drives (Compact Flash, CF Card II, Memory Stick Duo Pro, SDHC, SDXC, Thumb Drive, Pen Drive) of the following brands, SanDisk, Kingston, Transcend, Corsair, HP, Sony, Lexar, Imation, Toshiba, PNY, ADATA, Verbatim, LaCie, Panda, Seatech, SDKSK9, Silicon Power, IronKey, and HDE. USB Disk Storage Format Tool is the free USB flash drive tool that brings enhanced power and capability to your Windows system at no cost. We recommend the freeware to anyone who uses flash drives.
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Your Lexar jump drive is a flash storage device that offers a reliable and portable medium for storing your files and documents. Although flash-based drives are generally more reliable than mechanical storage devices, they are nevertheless susceptible to data loss and errors. There are numerous reasons why a Lexar jump drive could malfunction. Repair the drive by identifying the type of problem you are experiencing and then troubleshoot accordingly.
Missing Drive Letter
2.Type “Compmgmt.msc” in the Run dialog and press “Enter.”
3.Click to highlight the “Disk Management” branch under Storage in the left pane. This lists all your drives in the left pane.
4.Right-click your Lexar drive in the right column and click the “Change Drive Letter and Paths” option. A Drive Letter dialog opens.
5.Click the “Add…” button. In the Add Drive Letter dialog that opens, click to select the radio button for “Assign the following…” Expand the adjacent drop-down menu and select the preferred drive letter. Click the “OK” button to apply.
Missing From Disk Management
1.Press “Windows-R” and type “Regedit” in the Run dialog.
2.Click “OK” in the Run dialog. Click “Yes” on the User Account Control dialog that opens to launch the Registry Editor.
3.Click to expand each of the “HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPoliciesExplorer” keys on the left.
4.Right-click the “NoDrives” value in the right pane and click “Delete.” Click “Yes” to confirm and restart the computer.
Error Checking and Repair
1.Open the “Start” menu and type “cmd” in the search box.
2.Right-click the “cmd” result and select “Run as Admin.” Click the “Yes” button to launch an elevated Command Prompt window.
3.Type “Chkdsk X: /R” and press “Enter” – replace “X:” with the drive letter of your Lexar jump drive. This runs the Check Disk utility on your jump drive.
Write Protection Errors
1.
Press “Windows-R” to open the Run dialog. Type “Regedit” in the Run box and click “OK.”
2.Click “Yes” on the User Account Control dialog that opens. This launches Registry Editor.
3.Click to expand each of the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies” keys on the left.
4.Right-click “WriteProtect” on the right and click “Delete.” Click “Yes” to confirm and restart your computer.
Formatting
1.Click “Start” and type “Create and Format” in the search field. Press “Enter.” The Disk Management window opens.
2.Right-click your Lexar drive in the Volume column and click “Format.”
3.Click “OK” on the Format dialog and click “OK” again to confirm that you want to format your drive.
Tip
- If possible, connect the Lexar drive to a second computer or run it under a different operating system. This allows you to identify if the drive problem is computer-specific.
Warning
Mac Usb Drive Format
- Formatting your Lexar jump drive will erase all data on the device.
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Mike Benson has been a freelance writer since 2000. He has authored tech guides on eHow as well as product and game reviews on a number of websites. Benson has focused his career in information technology and is educated in COMPTIA A+, electronics, A, B, C networking, search engine evaluation and programming. Benson has a certification of computer fundamentals and literacy.
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