Can I use my bootable USB again?

Yes. Normally I create a primary partition on my usb and make it bootable. If you do that then you better reformat it again but if you just use a bootloader you can just delete it from your usb and use it as a regular usb. yes, you can use it as normal again.

Do I need to format USB before making it bootable?

You don’t have to, but in a lot of cases bootable drives use FAT32 as their file system and you might want to reformat it to NTFS to bypass the 4 GB file size limit.

Does a bootable drive need to be empty?

No, it doesn’t have to be. Though, the boot sector itself has to be set up in a special way of the USB, so you may not be able to boot it if you don’t set it up with a tool such as Rufus. In other words, you need to make the USB bootable itself.

How do I clean up my USB after bootable?

Use the Disk Management console. One way to get to it is Right-click on Computer and select Manage, then choose the Disk Managment task in the left panel. In the middle-bottom, you should see each of your disks. Find the USB drive and delete the partitions then recreate a single partition of the size and type you want.

Can a Windows 10 USB be reused?

You can use the Win 10 USB install as many times as you like.

How do I format an old boot drive?

You can the format it by right-clicking on the drive letter then selecting “format” from the sub-menu. Job done. You should also be able to do it without the caddy by removing the SSD and reinstalling the HDD. Boot A Windows 10 Home X64 install USB (any Windows 10 install USB actually).

What happens when you format a bootable USB?

During the format process, you are allowed to change cluster size of the file system. If you just want to wipe data on the USB drive like erasing files on SanDisk USB, it supports wipe partition up to 100 times.

Do you need an empty drive to install Windows 10?

To install Windows 10 after replacing the hard drive without disk, you can do it by using Windows Media Creation Tool. First, download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool, then create Windows 10 installation media using a USB flash drive.