Use the tool to download Windows 10 and burn it to a USB drive.Visit Microsoft and download the Media Creation tool.
DISKPART WINDOWS 10 INITIALIZE DRIVE LICENSE
You do not need to buy a license but you will have to download the OS. You need to create a Windows 10 installation disk. If you’re formatting a non-Windows drive i.e., a drive that Windows is not installed on, you can access the Diskpart tool by following these steps.Īccessing the Diskpart tool from outside Windows 10 is slightly complicated. You can but the process will be different and you can only use the Diskpart tool to do it. That’s not to say you cannot format the Windows drive. One major limitation of these tools is that you cannot format the Windows drive while you’re on your desktop. On Windows 10, you can format a drive from File Explorer, the Disk Management tool which offers a GUI for formatting drives, and the Diskpart tool which is a command-line tool.Īll tools come with the same formatting options and limitations. You will still walk away with a drive that can save/store files. formatting will not remove encryption from a drive but if you think your drive is infected with a virus and is beyond repair, formatting it is the nuclear option. With formatting, there are some exceptions e.g. After a format, you get a drive that is ready to store files or run an operating system free of any and all previous files or settings that were applied to it. It is one of the simplest ways to reset a drive and delete its contents. Formatting a drive erases everything on it.
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