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If the drive contains only one partition and the
“Offset” value is non-zero, as shown in the example below,
you can proceed to format the drive and use it
“as is” for firmware upgrade. Skip to step 7 for instructions on
how to format the drive using the Diskpart utility.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ###
Type
Size
Offset
-------------
----------------
-------
-------
Partition 1
Primary
1910 MB
64 KB
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If the
“Offset” is zero or if there is more than one partition, as shown in the examples below, go to steps 6
and 7 below to re-configure the drive.
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 1911 MB 0 B
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 100 MB 64 KB
Partition 2 Primary 1810 MB 101 MB
6. Enter the command
“clean” to delete all partitions on the disk, and then enter “list disk” to check that all
memory is now free.
In the example below, the asterisk ( * ) indicates that Disk 1 is the selected disk.
DISKPART> clean
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ###
Status
Size
Free
Dyn
Gpt
--------
-------------
-------
-------
---
---
Disk 0
Online
232 GB
0 B
* Disk 1
Online
1911 MB
1910 MB
7. Enter the command
“create partition primary” to create a partition on the USB drive. Then, enter the “list
partition” command and note that there is only one partition, and that the offset is non-zero.
DISKPART> create partition primary
DiskPart succeeded in creating the
specified partiti Type
Size
Offset
------------- ----------------
------- -------
* Partition 1 Primary
1910 MB 64 KB
8. Finally, the drive can be formatted using the Diskpart command line. The file system format should be selected
as FAT32 using the option
“fs=fat32”. You can select any convenient label. In the example below the label
“FW_UPGRADE” was used.
DISKPART> format fs=fat32 label=FW_UPGRADE
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.
Alternatively the drive can be formatted from within the Windows GUI environment using the following
procedure.
To format the USB flash drive
1. Plug the USB drive into the USB port on the PC.
2. Right-click the USB drive within Windows Explorer, and select Format from the menu.
