How to Convert a Bootable Pendrive Back to Normal

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How to Convert a Bootable Pendrive Back to Normal

If you’ve created a bootable USB drive to install a new operating system but want to return it to its original, non-bootable state for regular use, you might encounter some challenges.

However, converting a bootable USB drive back to its normal state is possible. In this guide, we will discuss the steps to convert your bootable pen drive back to its original condition.

How to Convert a Bootable Pendrive Back to Normal

A bootable flash drive is designed to launch installation processes or system repairs, which means it has a specific configuration that differs from a standard USB drive. This configuration can sometimes make it difficult to use the drive for everyday tasks like file storage or transfer.

If you have tried to format it to return it to normal but found that it does not fully format and remains unusable, you may need to format it using the command prompt to restore it completely.

If you created a bootable pen drive and now want to use it as a normal pen drive, you can follow these steps.

1. Connect the bootable pen drive to your system.

2. Open Command Prompt and run it as an administrator.

Run Command Prompt as Admin

3. Now run a few commands. Here is the list of commands you need to run to convert the bootable pen drive to a normal one.

  1. diskpart
  2. list disk
  3. select disk * (*stands for the disk number of your bootable USB drive)
  4. clean
  5. create partition primary
  6. format fs=fat32 quick
  7. Exit

4. After that, you are ready to use it as a normal pen drive.

5. Now you can change your pen drive’s name from File Explorer. To do this, select the pen drive, right-click on it, choose the Rename option, and assign a new name to your pen drive.

Conclusion

That’s it; this is how you can convert a bootable pen drive back to normal using the diskpart tool. If you have deleted some of your important files from your pen drive, then don’t worry. You can recover it. For that, check out our detailed guide on; how to recover permanently deleted files.

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