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Why I am unable to format a usb stick after using rufus
I used Rufus to create a bootable USB, but now I cannot format the drive back to normal. Windows Disk Management and the regular format tool both fail. They either give an access denied error, show t...
The reason is that Rufus has broken the partition table of the USB and it is no longer seen as a valid storage device. Like the others has mentioned, you have to use a partition utility to reformat the USB in order to make it usable.
You can follow the trick in this post to solve the issue:
https://www.weboftips.com/how-to-reformat-usb-drive