Step 5.4: Do not select the option that asks you if you want Universal USB Installer to format the flash drive for you. Step 5.3: Select your flash drive as the burning target. Step 5.2: Browse and select the previously downloaded DBAN ISO file as the source image. Step 5.1: Choose DBAN among the lists of available options. Step 4.1.2: Choose FAT as the file system. But since DBAN's ISO file is less than 20MB in size, there is no reason not to be safe. My knowledge is that a FAT-fomatted (FAT-16, to be specific) disk on Windows can hold a maximum of 4GB of data, with single file limited at 2GB. Step 4.1.1: In the wizard that appears, choose a volume smaller 2048MB. Right click on the unallocated space and click "create new simple volume". It should have its entire space unallocated. Step 4.1: Find your flash disk in the section below. But I have no advanced knowledge of diskpart so I prefer to use GUI whenever possible). (You should be able to do the same thing with diskpart. This cleans the selected disk of its partition and format. Step 3.4: Before you proceed, please ascertain that you have chosen the correct flash drive and have no desirable data on it. This lists the detail of the currently selected disk. Step 3.3.1: Type detail disk and hit enter. This selects your flash drive as the target to operate on. Step 3.3: Type select disk # and hit enter, where # is number of your flash drive (see step 3.2.1). Step 3.2.1: Look for your flash drive (look for its size) and keep note of its number. This lists all disks (including your flash drive). But in my case Disk Management refused to let me delete the volume of my flash disk. You may be able to do the same thing with Disk Management. Step 3: Run Command Prompt as administrator. Step 2: Download Universal USB Installer from. Step 1: Download DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke)'s ISO file from SourceForge. Here is the solution that worked for me, tested on a Windows laptop with UEFI and a 64GB USB flash drive.
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