DiskPart Problem: Cannot Select Partition
When working with USB drive, the DiskPart command cannot select the partition of the USB disk:
C:\Users\Administrator>diskpart
Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7601
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On computer: DIXINYAN-M17XDISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ------------- ------- ------- --- ---
Disk 0 Online 931 GB 3072 KB
Disk 1 Online 3726 GB 0 B *
Disk 2 Online 1901 MB 0 BDISKPART> select disk 2
Disk 2 is now the selected disk.
Disk 2 is a USD drive, select it:
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
* Partition 1 Primary 1901 MB 0 BDISKPART> select part 1
There is no partition selected.
Somehow the partition cannot be selected and manipulated. After searching around, it seems the only solution to to recreate the partition with DiskPart:
DISKPART> clean
DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
DISKPART> create part primary
DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.
DISKPART> list part
Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
* Partition 1 Primary 1901 MB 64 KB
Now Partition 1 can be selected:
DISKPART> select part 1
Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> active
DiskPart marked the current partition as active.
DISKPART> format fs=fat32 quick
100 percent completed
DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.