HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is a Windows-based utility freeware which has been designed for the HP Drive Key or DiskOnKey USB 2.0 devices.

Installing the freeware does not represent a problem whatsoever, since it is very compact (only 96 kB). It runs smoothly and we have not encountered any issues.

The interface of HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool looks like the standard format which is built into Windows.

Select the device which you wish to format, select the file system, give a volume label, choose quick format (optional), enable compression (optional), and you also have the possibility of creating a DOS start-up disk, by either using the internal MS-DOS system files, or the ones located at a specific path.

The only difference between the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool and the regular format tool found in Windows is the fact that this freeware allows you to select USB drives, while the Windows version is does not have this option.

Moreover, the Windows format tool does not offer a NTFS volume label for format, while this tool can, and the freeware allows you to create a FAT32 volume which is bigger than 32 GB.

Another awesome thing about this format tool is the fact that you can rename all your USB flash drives in any way you want.

Use HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool to delete space used on flash drivers that can not be removed in the traditional way, create bootable USB drives, or simply remove any tracks of malicious software that may have infected it.

Everyone should keep a copy of this software somewhere on their computer.