How to format a USB Flash Drive to NTFS file system?

1- Right click My Computer and select Prperties and then select Hardware > Device Manager.

2- Open the Device Manager and find your USB drive under the Disk Drives heading.

3- Right click the drive and select Properties.

4- Choose Policies tab and select the "Optimize for performance" option.

5- Click OK.
6- Open My Computer
7- Select Format on the flash drive.

8- Choose NTFS in the File System dropdown box.

9- Device Formatting is completed.

Important: To remove a device safely without data loss use a "safely remove hardware" procedure or Eject function from Windows Explorer.