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HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is a Windows- based format utility. It can format any USB Flash drive in FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file systems and creates DOS startup disks that can help boot a PC. HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is portable freeware, so you can carry it on a USB drive and format other Flash drives on any Windows PC, or even copy it to a PC, run it, and then just delete it. Overall, HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool utility will format any USB flash drive, with your choice of FAT, FAT32, or NTFS partition types. You can also make the disk bootable by specifying a file location. The downside is that you may have to run the tool as administrator.

About HP USB Format Tool Portable HP USB Disk Storage Format tool (HPUSBDisk.exe) is a Windows-based format utility that is designed to format USB hard drive or SD cards to FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file system. It allows users to create a FAT32 volume which is larger than 32 GB. Unlike other USB format tool like, it is portable freeware, so you can carry it on a USB drive and format other flash drives on any Windows PC.

Or, even copy it to a PC and start it. HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool portable also support to create DOS startup disks that can help boot a PC. The condition is that you need to prepare a system file in advance. It can be run out-of-the-box because all you need to do is to download from website and then launch it. When you start the format tool, usually, you need to run it as administrator, in spite of double-clicking works in some cases. Casmate pro windows 7.

Otherwise, you’ll get “Permission denied. The administrator rights are required to run this tool”. The interface of this tool is similar to Windows-integrated format utility, which makes it easier to use for Windows users. Well, how should you use this simple USB format tool properly? HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool Tutorial 1. Connect the flash drive you want to format to a Windows PC and make sure it can be detected. Download HP USB Disk Storage Format utility from website to your computer.

Or, insert the USB that contains the format tool to the PC. Right click the application icon and select Run as administrator. Click Yes in the pop-out dialogue. By default, it will detect and list removable devices directly. If you have more than one removable drives, choose the right one.

Otherwise, you’ll lose data on the wrongly selected one. Choose file system for the drive. It gives only FAT32 and NTFS in this Windows 7. Specify volume label. Tick Quick Format in Format options.

Then, click Start, confirm formatting and wait the process completes. It will give an introduction of the formatting operation on completion. Tips: • To make HP USB format tool bootable, check the box Create a DOS startup disk using system files located at: and then browse the system files. Please note that the USB drive will be formatted first as well. • To make HP format tool portable, just copy the application to a USB flash drive, insert the flash drive to a PC and then run the application there to format removable drives. HP USB Disk Format Storage tool for Windows 7/8/10/XP/Vista could be one of easiest formatting tools.

Nevertheless, it would disappoint you by reporting error messages in some situations. Then, what are the errors? HP USB Format Tool Failed Format Device Some users report that HP USB format tool failed format device or HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool not working during flash drive formatting. In general, there are several reasons can explain the failure. • The HP USB format tool does not compatible with your computer. It is a Windows-based utility, so would not work in other operating systems. • The USB flash drive is about to fail, so it cannot contain a partition any more.