Formatting device from a script on Windows

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Hello, folks!
Script I am creating has to format a device - USB flash drive. I have
tried using regular DOS "format" through "os.system" - did not work
well, because DOS format requires input from user. And the script
should run without user interference.
I have taken a look at ActivePython "win32..." libraries - did not find
anything.
Ideas? Pretty please?

Regards, Mark