Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select Format. It opens the Properties dialog box.Ħ) By default, the Optimize for quick removal option selected, switch it to Optimize for performance and then press OK.ħ) Now open Computer. 2) Click Start, type devmgmt.msc in the Search textbox and press Enter.Ĥ) Find the USB flash drive you want to format, and double-click it.
If you do not wanna waste time going through my unnecessarily long steps, here are the short steps that helped me:ġ) Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port. I went through a bit of trouble searching the web (could be easy for you and you do not need to read this). But I could not reuse my Flash drive normally as a storage device after this process. Then I gave up on the Ubuntu dream, almost!. I am puting this tutorial after a failed attempt at installing ubuntu using a Flash drive as a BOOTABLE device.