What to do to unpartition a USB drive

If you’re looking for information on how to unpartition a flash drive or any USB drive, you’re reading the right article.

Here you will find out:

• what "to unpartition a USB" means

• how to remove partitions from USB with Disk Management and Diskpart

• how DiskInternals Partition Recovery can help you with

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What does it mean to unpartition a USB?

When there are multiple partitions on a USB drive, it can cause unnecessary memory consumption. You may want to delete all these partitions or merge them into one to get more space on your drive.

Using Diskpart to delete partitions on a USB drive

Sometimes, you will notice that the "Delete Volume" option on the Disk Management context menu is unavailable, making it impossible for you to delete the partitions on your USB drive. When you encounter such scenarios, Diskpart is another effective, built-in Windows utility to try out.

But it is recommended that you create a backup file or an image file to safeguard everything that is saved on the USB drive.

• Press Windows key + R and type "diskpart", then hit the enter button.

• Type "list disk" to display all the available drives on your computer.

• Now, type "select disk f" and press the Enter key. (Note: (f) is the drive name of your USB drive; it can be any letter, so make sure you know your flash drive's letter.)

• Type "List Partition" and press Enter.

• You will see all the available partitions on your USB drive. Type "delete partition #" (# can be 1 or 2 or 3); if there are three partitions, you will see partition 1, partition 2, and partition 3. Thus, you should type "delete partition 1" or "delete partition 2".

• Once you hit the Enter button, the selected partition will be deleted from the drive. Repeat the last process until you have successfully deleted all the partitions.

With DiskInternals Partition Recovery, creating a disk image happens in just 3 simple steps.

• Launch DiskInternals Partition Recovery tool and close the Recovery Wizard that will open automatically.

• Click on the disk you want to create an image, then further click on the “Drives” option on the top menu bar, and select “Create Image”.

• Now select “Entire Disk Contents” and click on “Browse…” to choose where to save the image file.

But if you’ve accidentally deleted the partitions without creating a disk image, DiskInternals Partition Recovery can also help you recover those lost partitions with all the files saved inside. The software can recover virtually any type of file – documents, audio, pictures, etc.