How to fix USB flash drive to get its original size back?

My quick fix to this irritating USB  flash drive problem

Have you ever encountered using your newly bought USB flash drive and then all of a sudden when you checked it it became unusable? I myself had encountered this issue when I tried to install an OS to my flash drive using DiskImager. However, I noticed that it didn’t install properly and the size of my flash drive shrank down to 4GB!

Fret not as I am going to show you how to fix it using diskpart! Please follow the following steps below thoroughly and carefully. Note that I am not liable to any negligence on user’s part.

  1. cmd
  2. diskpart
  3. list disk
  4. select disk 1
  5. list partition
  6. clean
  7. list partition
  8. create partition primary
  9. list partition
  10. format fs=fat32 quick
  11. list partition
  12. exit

And that’s it! I hope that it solves your problem. Let me know if it works on your end by typing your comments on the comments box 🙂 Stay tuned for more computer tips and tricks!

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