Easily erase corrupt data, remove viruses, and reset to factory defaults on USB drives with low-level format process. Ideal for addressing invalid MBR, hidden partitions or bad sector flags in USB controllers.
If you're experiencing issues with your USB drive, such as decreased capacity or constant corruption, USB Low-Level Format software might be the solution for you. This software uses a zero-fill process to simulate the factory finish of your USB storage device, restoring it to its original state.
One common issue with USB drives is decreased capacity, which can occur for a variety of reasons, including cloning or formatting on different devices. USB Low-Level Format software clears all data, settings, and flags from your USB drive and thoroughly erases it, restoring the lost capacity and bringing the drive back to normal.
This software can also help revive malfunctioning USB drives that have been affected by issues like virus intrusion, invalid Master Boot Record, hidden partitions, corrupted bootable sectors, or bad sector flags in the firmware/controller. By talking to the firmware/controller of your USB drive, USB Low-Level Format can analyze its physical storage capacity and write a zero-byte to each and every location on the drive to permanently erase all data.
While the process of low-level formatting can be slow, it is thorough and irreversibly removes all data from the device. USB Low-Level Format supports more than 20 USB drive controller brands, making it a great mass production tool for restoring USB drives to their factory default settings.
In addition to restoring USB drives, USB Low-Level Format can also be used to create bootable drives for Windows installations, MSDOS, FreeDOS, Unix, Linux, WinPE, and WinRE. The software supports USB drives of any capacity and can initialize them to the NTFS, FAT32, FAT, or exFAT file systems.
One common issue with USB drives is decreased capacity, which can occur for a variety of reasons, including cloning or formatting on different devices. USB Low-Level Format software clears all data, settings, and flags from your USB drive and thoroughly erases it, restoring the lost capacity and bringing the drive back to normal.
This software can also help revive malfunctioning USB drives that have been affected by issues like virus intrusion, invalid Master Boot Record, hidden partitions, corrupted bootable sectors, or bad sector flags in the firmware/controller. By talking to the firmware/controller of your USB drive, USB Low-Level Format can analyze its physical storage capacity and write a zero-byte to each and every location on the drive to permanently erase all data.
While the process of low-level formatting can be slow, it is thorough and irreversibly removes all data from the device. USB Low-Level Format supports more than 20 USB drive controller brands, making it a great mass production tool for restoring USB drives to their factory default settings.
In addition to restoring USB drives, USB Low-Level Format can also be used to create bootable drives for Windows installations, MSDOS, FreeDOS, Unix, Linux, WinPE, and WinRE. The software supports USB drives of any capacity and can initialize them to the NTFS, FAT32, FAT, or exFAT file systems.
What's New
Version 5.01: Format USB drives with corrupted partition tables and invalid sector size