![]() ![]() That way dban will only have one choice of drive to wipe - the USB. I tried to format the USB drive to factory settings so that it would be available for data saving again. Then boot computer with only the dban CD and the USB you want to wipe plugged in. Windows won't allow me to format USB, help 'Hi there, do you know why does Windows computer won't allow me to format USB drive I have a USB drive which is now inaccessible. My strong suggestion to eliminate any possibility of that happening is to open your computer and either remove the hard drive(s) or disconnect the cables to it/them. However, USE EXTREME CAUTION when doing this! This tool can easily wipe out and render your hard drive data unrecoverable. Just use whatever "standard" erase setting is - you shouldn't need more than that for this. Then boot from the CD (with the USB also plugged into the computer) and follow screen instructions to wipe out the USB. Download the dban iso file and burn it to a CD. If you don't have a MAC machine to use, the link below is to a similar tool to what the referenced MAC tool must be. Active Kill Disk is a hard drive eraser software for secure formatting of. But I never thought to try something like what Fraoch just suggested. Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for. Been trying to solve similar issue for another poster to the forums without success so far.
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