Windows 10: USB stick doesn't show up, cannot format or create partition

Hello,I found an old USB stick VERBATIM STORE N GO 32GB and wondered what was on it. When i plugged it into my computer, firstly it didn't appear in file explorer. I tried : -analyze : result = could not scan because drive is empty, you need to format it first-format : result = Windows can't format your disk-creating new partition : result = error, can continue but might not work it didnt-update drivers : result = drivers are up to date-manually reinstall drivers : result = none-clean using DISKPART : result = could not respond to demand because I/O errors-clean using chkdsk : result = err

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Installing windows off of a USB stick

Step By Step from vista:
From admin cmd prompt

1. diskpart
1a. list disk
2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

And that's it, boot off your usb disk

 

formatting usb stick format and partitioned into 3 partitions

I formatted a 32 gig usb stick with win32disk manager and copied a raspberry operation system on it. It partioned it into 3 partitions. I can only get to the first partion in disk manager and when I try to format the partitions it only has has help when
i right click it. Think it might be format with ext3 or ext4, but not sure. when i try to use it only does the first partition. On my microsd cards it let me delete the partition and then format it to use in windows.

Any suggestions?

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How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!