mkfs.ntfs Creates a NTFS filesystem inside a partition. Create a NTFS filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (sdb1): mkfs.ntfs {{/dev/sdb1}} Create filesystem with a volume-label: mkfs.ntfs -L {{volume_label}} {{/dev/sdb1}} Create filesystem with specific UUID: mkfs.ntfs -U {{UUID}} {{/dev/sdb1}}