What the heck is the Lexar USB Format Tool? If your USB flash drive is causing you headaches, chances are you will want to hear about this tool.
You may or may not know that Lexar is a manufacturer of USB thumb drives (flash drives), but I was informed by one of my valued newsletter subscribers that Lexar’s format tool often works with other brands of USB sticks as well.
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2018-7-20 I'm looking for a USB disk storage format tool for my Lexar jumpdrive USB flash drive, problems with Lexar is that sometimes it doesn't show full capacity, so I need to reformat it even when Windows tell it's write-protected and was unable to format or having other problems.
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What Can The Lexar USB Format Tool Do For You?
If you are having trouble with your USB flash drive, you should give it a whirl. There are many different things that can go wrong with a flash drive. The file system can get messed up by software, something can go wrong during a format, an electrostatic discharge can wreak havoc etc.
Basically, you can't compare apples to apple sauce. Your situation may be different. I’m not saying that this tool will successfully solve your problem regardless of what the exact nature of your technical glitch is but hey, it’s free so why not give it a try?
You can download the tool here.
The download will result in a file called lexar_usb_format.zip on your hard drive.
Right-click the file and select “Extract All”.
The file extracting function will prompt you for a location put the extracted files. Make sure the box next to “Show extracted files when complete” is checked so you will immediately land in the right folder after extraction.
Click the Extract button to continue.
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Now you’ll get an Explorer window with 3 files in it called BootIt.dat, BootIt.exe and readme.txt.
Make sure that your USB flash drive is inserted into a USB port on your computer and then right-click the file BootIt.exe and select “Run as administrator”.
You’ll get a Windows user account control screen asking whether you want to allow the app to make changes to your PC.
Click yes to continue.
Next you will see the Lexar USB format starting screen.
Warning: As the name of the tool suggests, using it will format your USB drive, deleting all files that are currently on it. Please only proceed if you’re absolutely sure that the contents of your USB drive can be deleted.
You can optionally enter a system volume label for your USB drive and you have a few other options as well.
Such as:
Flip Removable Bit: This is an option to make your computer think that your USB flash drive is a local hard drive rather than a removable USB stick. Normally you don’t need to do this for everyday USB drive usage. It is used by people who want to boot a Linux operating system from their flash drive or people who want to create partitions on their flash drive. I have written another article about flipping the removable bit on your flash drive with the Lexar BootIt tool.
Partition Active or Non-Active: Allows you to make the partition on your USB flash drive Inactive. Again, for normal operation it’s best to leave this at the default setting.
Do Not Load System Files: Check the checkbox next to “Do Not Load System Files” before formatting with the Lexar USB Format tool. You only need to load system files if you want to be able to boot from your USB drive.
If you go ahead and press the format button in the tool, an extra warning message will appear to inform you that all data on the drive will be erased.
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Solving Problems With Your USB Flash Drive
I have been able to solve a number of different flash drive problems with this tool, and I can confirm that it will sometimes work with certain other brands than Lexar as well. For instance, when I was dealing with a USB flash drive that threw a “Windows was unable to complete the format” error and that was unreadable in Windows Explorer, I managed to reanimate the flash drive with this tool.
Please be advised though, that there are so many different brands and models of flash drives out there that your mileage may vary. My advice would be: if your drive has become unreadable and it seems lost anyway, give it a try with the Lexar USB Format tool before you decide that your USB drive has died. On the other hand: flash drives are pretty cheap. You can also replace the thing if it keeps causing issues. If something is really wrong with it, you can easily spend the better part of your day trying to fix it and that may just not be the best way to spend your time.
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Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below.A lot has been written about the Lexar BootIt tool to format USB flash drives and flipping the removable media bit. If you search the internet for tips to flip the removable media bit (RMB) in USB drives, you’ll find many good hints and suggestions but unfortunately you’ll also come across a ton of stuff you DON’T need to know. Sifting through all this (mis)information can be a very time consuming and frustrating experience, so I put this little article together offering everything you need right here.
The reason WHY you would want to flip the removable bit on your USB flash drive? It depends. Some people want to do this in order to be able to create partitions on their USB thumb drive (which you can’t do on a drive that is considered a removable drive by Windows). Others want to install their Windows operating system on a USB stick and boot the computer from this USB installed operating system. The latter can be a technique to boot a laptop from work on which you don’t have administrator rights into your own Windows environment, without messing with the actual operating system on the hard drive.
What’s more, this is one of those computer tips and tricks often sought out by people who want to create a “portable” Windows operating system that they can carry around with them on a USB stick. They can plug the USB stick into any computer and boot straight into their own portable Windows environment, complete with their e-mails, documents and other stuff.
USB Flash Drive Controller
As you can see, there are several reasons why someone might be interested in the Lexar BootIt tool in order to flip the removable media bit of their USB flash drive. Lexar BootIt tool you say? Yes indeed, even though the tool is brought to the market by Lexar, it will also work on some other brand drives with the same controller.
A word of caution is needed though: Even though I recommend to give the Lexar USB format tool (this is the same as the BootIt tool) a try if you’re trying to revive a dead USB flash drive in one of my other articles, THIS CASE IS DIFFERENT.
If you’re going to use the USB format tool in an effort to fix a broken USB flash drive, your flash drive is already faulty to begin with. You don’t risk anything if the thing still doesn’t work after using the tool. If it does respond well to the tool on the other hand, your flash drive might get a second life and you may be able to use it for many years after. So you can only win.
In this situation though I have to come with a warning message: you risk rendering your USB flash drive useless using the Lexar USB BootIt tool if your flash drive uses another controller than the one for which the tool was written. Exam simulator.
There are many other brands of USB flash drives that do work with the Lexar BootIt tool, but unfortunately I don’t have a list of manufacturers and types that will work.
Download The Lexar BootIt Tool
You can download the Lexar BootIt (also called the Lexar USB format tool) directly from my Lexar download page and save it to your hard drive.
In order to demonstrate the benefit of flipping the RMB (removable media bit), take a look at this image showing my current disk situation in my Windows 10 system. The one circled in red is a USB flash drive (brand Fujitsu).
If I open up the properties screen for the flash drive, you can clearly see that Windows 10 recognizes the drive as being removable. That eliminates your chances of creating partitions or installing a bootable Windows operating system on the drive.
Using the Lexar BootIt tool however, I can click the button to “Flip Removable Bit”.
Simply clicking that button causes the removable media bit to be flipped, there is no need for me to format the drive, so I can even keep the data that’s on the disk if there’s anything on it. (Although if you are going to create partitions or install operating systems on the drive, the data on it will still be destroyed).
Immediately I get a notification that the drive is successfully changed, prompting me to re-insert my flash drive for the changes to take effect.
Lexar Usb Format Utility
Using the Lexar BootIt tool like this has allowed me to flip the removable media bit on my Fujitsu USB flash drive. I hope this helps someone else as well.
Lexar Bootit Download
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