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USB 3.0 flash drive can only be formatted in a USB 2.0 port
On Black Friday, I bought a Lexar 64GB USB 3.0 flash drive.
Lexar S45 64GB | Staples(R)
I wish to format the drive with NTFS, and 64kB allocation unit size. I will be storing VeraCrypt file containers on this drive.
When I plug the drive into a USB 3.0 port and I attempt to format it, Windows takes about a half hour, the drive light stops flashing, and then coughs up an error saying, "Windows was unable to complete the format", and the drive is left in RAW state.
When I plug the drive into a USB 2.0 port, the drive light flashes constantly, and I can format the drive just fine.
It doesn't matter if I right-click the drive in Computer or via Disk Management.
Am I doing something wrong? It's well known that my Etron USB 3.0 facilities on this mobo are bad enough to generate BSODs, and there are no updated drivers... Is it my mobo or is the drive faulty?