Format USB Disk Using DiskPart Yields "No volume selected" Error

Question

I use the following diskpart.exe sequence. I want to specify the disk number and then format the disk.

C:\>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: AAAAAAA

DISKPART> select disk 2

Disk 2 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> clean

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="My USB Disk" quick

There is no volume selected.
Please select a volume and try again.

DISKPART>

As you can see, the script should work and might on Windows 7, as several pages searched on the internet says that, but on my Windows 10 installation I get

There is no volume selected

This article does not apply. The author really did forget the create primary partition. Ditto here.

As you can see from this screenshot, there definitely is a volume on Disk 2.

My USB flash drive has a single volume, so format should work.

Thoughts?

Solution

The code is almost correct, but here is the fragment that is missing. Modify it according to your needs.

create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=ntfs label="My USB Disk" quick
assign letter=D

Comments

[vanblart]

This worked perfectly for me - leaving out the size=30000 to create the partition as the full usb size :)

[principal-ideal-domain]

After "active" it says "The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks." What to do?

[harrymc]

@principal-ideal-domain: Create a new post with all the information about your setup.