Please note that the following will destroy all data on the drive.
Open an admin level CMD prompt (find CMD, right click it and select Run as Admin)
type is Diskpart and hit enter
type in List Disk and hit enter
- is your 16gb flash drive listed? if yes proceed, if not then go shopping.
note the ### number before the flash drive given by "list disk"
type in Select Disk x and enter (where x = the number from above)
type in Clean All and enter.
If you get a Successful message then proceed to partitioning and formatting the drive
type in Create Primary Partition and hit enter
type in Select Partition 1 and hit enter
type in Active and hit enter
type in Format FS=ZZZ...