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How to convert a USB flash drive to NTFS from exFAT on Windows 11?

For info I'm on Windows 11 on a Galaxy Book 4 Edge, with a Snapdragon X Plus. I picked up a new, totally blank, 256GB USB flash drive today with the intention of installing some large files on it ( 100GB), however when trying to install said files they said they require a NTFS file format to install. I looked up how to format my USB flash drive and tried doing a quick format in File Explorer by right clicking on the drive under This PC. It got as far as starting the conversion but then a few secs later a message pops up saying that windows was unable to format. Following this, I tried rather t

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