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Not able to Format Removable USB Disk

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MsLadyBoop Posts 1 Registration date Sunday August 14, 2016 Status Member Last seen August 14, 2016 - Aug 14, 2016 at 11:25 PM
KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017   - Aug 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM
What does it mean when in removable USB disk(E:) properties says used space 0 bytes 0 bytes and free space 0 bytes 0 bytes and capacity 0 bytes and 0 bytes and can it still be used?
I'm I able to change the 0 bytes of free space and the 0 bytes of capacity? If so, how?

Also, Microsoft Windows can't format E:
It says: Check to see that the disk and drive are connected properly, make sure that the disk is not read-only, and then try again. For more information, search Help for read-only files and how to change them.
I check all of that everything is fine on that end.
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KY_WD Posts 2053 Registration date Thursday October 23, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 28, 2017   122
Aug 15, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Hello there,

Have you tried to format the USB flash through the Diskpart option in Windows? If you haven't, I suggest you to do so. The steps when you open the Command prompt in adiministrator mode are following:
Write DISKPART> press enter
DISKPART> list disk
DISKPART> select disk /you have to select the number of the usb that has been given by your PC/
DISKPART> clean
DISKPART> format fs=fat32
DISKPART> assign letter (letter)

Hope this helps. Cheers.
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