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How to stop Windows 7 from asking to format a disk?

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Mar 15, 20269715 views

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I have this USB flash drive with a Linux partition that I use inside VirtualBox. Each time I insert it into the USB port, windows keeps asking if it should format it. Is there anyway to disable Windows from asking that? Disabling auto-run has not resolved the problem unfortunately. Windows will sti…

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Control Panel..Administrative Tools..Computer Management..Disk Management Right-click on your drive and choose "Change Drive Letter and Paths", then choose "Remove".

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How to stop Windows 7 from asking to format a disk?

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