"About two weeks ago, my Windows 10 failed to boot due to unknown reasons, then I took the advice which asked me to make my USB bootable to repair the system. Now the problem is fixed and I want to convert the pen drive back to normal. Does anyone know how to do it?"
Creating a USB bootable disk can help you enter into the WinPE environment when the Windows system fails and prevents you from booting the PC. And when you succeed, you may want to restore the bootable USB to normal so that you can use it as an external storage media.
Fortunately, formatting a bootable pen drive can make it a normal USB. Here, we have listed 3 effective methods, you can choose the most suitable one.
To format a USB drive, the most common methods you can find are using Windows built-in Disk Management and Diskpart. These two methods require users to be familiar with the command prompt, which is a bit difficult. If you are a novice, here we'd like to recommend an easy and handy tool - Qiling Partition Master.
Key features of Qiling Partition Master:
Download Qiling Partition Master now, and follow the detailed steps below to format the bootable USB.
Step 1. Select the USB drive to format.
Connect the USB drive or pen drive to your computer. Download and launch Qiling partition software. Select the USB drive you intend to format and click "Format" in "Disk management" page.
Step 2. Set the drive letter and file system on USB.
Assign a new partition label, file system (NTFS/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3), and cluster size to the selected partition, then click "Proceed".
Warning: You'd better back up your necessary data because formatting will erase all data on the partition.
If you are familiar with the command prompt, then Diskpart is another method you can apply. Below are the detailed steps.
Step 1. Click Start, in the Run box, type diskpart, and press "Enter" to start the diskpart command prompt.
Step 2. Type the following commands and press "Enter" after each move.
After completing the steps, the USB flash drive will be formatted with the option that you specified.
In Disk Management, you can also format the USB. Here are the detailed steps.
Step 1. Click Start, in the Run box, type diskmgmt.msc and press "Enter" to start the Disk Management tool.
Step 2. Right-click the bootable drive and select "Format".
Step 3. Type a label to quickly identify the flash drive in the "Volume label" field.
Step 4. Select the proper file system, and click the "OK" button to continue.
This is all about how to make a bootable USB drive to normal. Simply put, you need to format the bootable USB. Formatting external storage devices is not difficult. Disk Management and Diskpart are both reliable tools. Moreover, you have a professional partition management tool - Qiling Partition Master to help. Don't worry, go ahead and rescue your pen drive.