How To Format Pen Drive With Virus?

Well if you are searching to format pen drive with virus then you are at the right place. What is the solution if the pen drive has virus? The answer is Format. But the question is does the simple format works in these cases? The Answer is, No.

So, what to do with these pen drives and how to format pen drive with Virus? Well to have it’s answer, first we have to study how these viruses affect the pen drive and from where they come. Now let us Understand 

                                                                                                                                                                           

What Is A Virus?

Virus Means Vital Information Resources Under Seize. Virus is a special type of malware  which  on execution copies itself into the main folders, computer programs hard drive or the boot system files. Viruses affects system by its harmful activities.

1. It can hold some disk space
2. Creates unwanted shortcuts which can not be deleted
3. Access private information
4. Display Unwanted Messages
5. Makes the system slow
6. Delete System Log Files
7. Corrupt Data

Here is the LIST of Computer Viruses that may affect a personal computer.

How Viruses Affects Pen Drive?

These Viruses affects the pen drives in number of ways and the only solution left with one is to format a pen drive. A virus in a pen drive can do several things.

• It can Create hidden files in the pen drive which on deletion are not deleted permanently.
• It can create shortcut files of different folders in the pen drive which can not be deleted.
• It can make the pen drive that can not be formatted.
• It can make pen drive undetectable.
• It can lock a pen drive.
• It can Occupy some space in the drive.

The Question is Why Simple Format Does not Works In These Cases?

In Simple format what actually happens is, the system cleans the pen drive data only and does not catches the virus or malware because the virus files are not the normal system files. They create their multiple files in various file directories. Moreover, Simple format does not clean the root files of the virus from the drive.

How To Format Pen Drive With Virus?

Well, To Format Pen Drive With Virus we will use the command prompt. Through Command Prompt using command line we will format pen drive with virus.

• Open Command Prompt(cmd.exe)
• Type the command “Diskpart" 

• A new cmd window will open after confirming administrative permission.
• The Type ” List volumes”
• Then there will appear full list of Volumes.
• Note the down the Volume number of the Pen Drive Disk.
• Now, type “Select Volume 4″ , here 4 is the volume number of pen drive.
• Then type “Format”
• The Format will start, this usually takes time and time varies depending on the size of pen drive. 
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