By default, your USB flash drive uses the FAT (File Allocation Table) file system.
This is due to the vast compatibility the FAT32 file system offers.
At times, you may also need to format your USB drive to NTFS for troubleshooting purposes.
Regardless, Windows makes it easy to format external drives to different file systems without using third-party tools.
Note that formatting your USB drive will permanently delete all the data in the drive.
check that to create a backup of any important data before formatting your drive.
It is the easiest way to format your USB drive with a few clicks.
To check the USB Drive file system format:
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How to Format a USB Drive to NTFS Using Disk Management
Disk Management is a built-inWindows disk management utility.
How to Format a USB Drive Using Rufus
Rufus is athird-party tool for creating bootable USB drives.
To use Rufus to format a USB drive:
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Fortunately, Windows 11 offers multiple built-in tools to format your USB drive to NTFS.
