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Are you looking for a format utility that can boot itself from a USB drive so that you can use it to format a hard drive without requiring an OS or a Windows installation disk? Just like the following case:
"My PC infected with an unknown virus and could not boot properly. I am wondering if there is a USB bootable format tool that allows me to format the hard drive to fix it. Any suggestion?"
If your answer is yes, you just come the right place! Here, EaseUS partition software is available for free download to help.
Being able to create a bootable USB flash drive and start from the disk, this program is a popular bootable partition tool that can help you format hard drive without Windows installation CD.
How to create a USB bootable format tool with EaseUS partition software
1. Connect a USB flash drive, pen drive, memory stick, etc to a working PC.
2. Launch EaseUS Partition Master, select "Create WinPE bootable disk" on the main window.
3. Select the external USB device and then start to create a bootable disk of EaseUS partition software.
If you need a very detailed guide, refer to this article: create a bootable disk.
After making the bootable USB hard drive format utility, you can take the following steps to format your hard disk without running Windows.
How to format the hard disk with USB bootable format tool
Step 1: Run EaseUS Partition Master, right-click the hard drive partition you intend to format and choose "Format".
Step 2: In the new window, set the Partition label, File system (NTFS/FAT32/EXT2/EXT3), and Cluster size for the partition to be formatted, then click "OK".
Step 3: Then you will see a warning window, click "OK" in it to continue.
Step 4: Click the "Execute Operation" button in the top-left corner to review the changes, then click "Apply" to start formatting the partition on your hard drive.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Why Choose EaseUS Partition Master?
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"I've used Partition Master Professional many times to create, delete, format, move, rename, and resize partitions." —PCWorld
"Partitioning tools have come a very long since the days of complicated command line utilities and EASEUS Partition Master is one of the most advanced programs available." —TECH ADVISOR
"I love that the changes you make with EaseUS Partition Master Free aren't immediately applied to the disks. It makes it way easier to play out what will happen after you've made all the changes." —Lifewire
- Will the "Migrate OS" feature transfer the Windows system files only or the whole C drive?
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To ensure that the migrated system will boot normally, the Migrate OS feature will transfer all the files in the system and the boot partitions. Generally, the boot partition is the C drive so the transfer will include all the files in C.
- Does EaseUS Partition Master license apply to multiple computers?
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The license of Partition Master Professional and Server editions can be used on 1 computer only, while that for for the Technician and Unlimited editions can be used on multiple machines.
- What is the difference between EaseUS Partition Master Trial version and the Free version?
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Free is for home users only, with most basic functions available such as partition resize and clone. While trial can help you understand how this product works and test what a full license can do on a business or server OS machine.
- Will it cause any data loss after resizing the partition in EaseUS Partition Master?
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Generally, it will not cause any data loss or boot issue by resizing a partition. However, in order to protect your data, we suggest that you backup the partition before resizing, in case of any unexpected situations such as power outages, computer hardware failures, etc. You can use EaseUS Todo Backup to backup the partition and its trial version is fully functioned for 30 days.
- What should I prepare before resizing the partition?
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On the partition that is going to be operated, there might be some files being occupied by other programs. To ensure a successful operation, we suggest that you close all the unnecessary software before resizing that partition. Otherwise, EaseUS Partition Master will detect the partition being locked by the other software and require a reboot to resize the partition under boot mode.
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