Nonetheless, don’t worry as in this article, we are going to go through the causes of the issue and later on mention some solutions that you can apply to, hopefully, isolate your issue.
What causes the “No Usable Free Extent could be Found” Error?
Well, the possible causes of the error message are pretty clear as they are mentioned in the error message itself. There are: Now that we are done with the causes of the issue, let us get into the possible solutions because no matter what the cause is, this error can be really annoying.
Solution 1: Uninstall the device driver from Device Manager (For USB Sticks)
If you are using a USB stick, it is likely that the Windows might not be able to interact with it properly because of a driver issue or Windows hasn’t recognized the device which is very likely to happen in the case of a USB stick. In order to fix that, do the following: Hopefully, this would fix your problem of partitioning USB with diskpart and will get rid of this error.
Solution 2: Use a different Partitioning Tool other than DiskPart
There are other partitioning tools which are in fact more user-friendly (Graphical User Interface) and are better than Diskpart. One such tool is MiniTool Partition Wizard. You can use that tool in order to format, create, or resize a partition in Windows.
Solution 3: Run DiskPart using Administrator Privileges
Another thing that you can try is running the DiskPart utility using administrator access. By default, you run the utility using normal privileges and not administrative privileges. Thus, you can try to run it as an administrator and see if that works out. To do that, follow the given instructions: If your issue is caused by not running diskpart with enough privileges, then this would fix it.
Solution 4: Clean the Disk using DiskPart
Though, by doing this, your data might be deleted so you should try it only on a USB disk or on a device where you don’t care about your data or have data already backed up. Here’s how to clean your disk: Note: You can remove the quick bit from it if you are not in a hurry. Also, to make a fat32 partition instead, just replace the ntfs with fat32.
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