diff --git a/windows2usb b/windows2usb
index 72c96ca..53837fc 100755
--- a/windows2usb
+++ b/windows2usb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ function format_drive() {
     if [[ "$1" == "dos" ]] || [[ "$1" == "gpt" ]];
     then
         echo "label: $1" | sfdisk "$2"
+        sleep 3
     else
         echo "${bold} == format_drive: INTERNAL ERROR ==${normal}"
         exit 101
@@ -240,9 +241,6 @@ then
         echo "${bold} == Creating new MBR-formatted partition table ==${normal}"
         format_drive "dos" "$dev"
 
-        echo "${bold} == Waiting 3 seconds to settle new partition layout ==${normal}"
-        sleep 3
-
         echo "${bold} == Creating FAT partition ==${normal}"
         create_partitions "dos" "$dev"
         mkfs.vfat -n "${isolabel:0:11}" "$(get_dev_partition_num "${dev}" "1")"
@@ -260,9 +258,6 @@ then
         echo "${bold} == Creating new GPT-formatted partition table ==${normal}"
         format_drive "gpt" "$dev"
 
-        echo "${bold} == Waiting 3 seconds to settle new partition layout ==${normal}"
-        sleep 3
-
         echo "${bold} == Creating FAT partition ==${normal}"
         create_partitions "gpt" "$dev"
         mkfs.vfat -n "${isolabel:0:11}" "$(get_dev_partition_num "${dev}" "1")"
@@ -278,9 +273,6 @@ then
         echo "${bold} == Creating new GPT-formatted partition table ==${normal}"
         format_drive "gpt" "$dev"
 
-        echo "${bold} == Waiting 3 seconds to settle new partition layout ==${normal}"
-        sleep 3
-
         echo "${bold} == Creating Microsoft NTFS partition ==${normal}"
         create_partitions "gptntfs" "$dev"
         mkfs.ntfs -L "$isolabel" -f "$(get_dev_partition_num "${dev}" "1")"
@@ -296,9 +288,6 @@ then
         echo "${bold} == Creating new GPT-formatted partition table ==${normal}"
         format_drive "gpt" "$dev"
 
-        echo "${bold} == Waiting 3 seconds to settle new partition layout ==${normal}"
-        sleep 3
-
         echo "${bold} == Creating UEFI FAT and Microsoft NTFS partitions ==${normal}"
         create_partitions "gpt+uefintfs" "$dev"
         write_uefintfs "$(get_dev_partition_num "${dev}" "1")"