http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/08/26/weekend-scripter-automate-formatting-portable-usb-drives-with-powershell.aspxMicrosoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to automate formatting and copying data to USB drives.en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/08/26/weekend-scripter-automate-formatting-portable-usb-drives-with-powershell.aspx#3516592Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:22:30 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3516592Ed Wilson<p>@Bigteddy yes, you are right. The cmdlets are a feature of Windows 8 and were not back-portable to Windows 7. </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3516592" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2012/08/26/weekend-scripter-automate-formatting-portable-usb-drives-with-powershell.aspx#3516305Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:56:19 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3516305Bigteddy<p>I agree that the name Format-Volume doesn&#39;t fit with the other Format- cmdlets. &nbsp;It should be called something like Initialize-Volume. &nbsp;It&#39;s just a pity that these new cmdlets don&#39;t come with the CTP release for Windows 7, so I can&#39;t try them out.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3516305" width="1" height="1">