In Windows, we'll use diskpart, a command line utility tool that comes pre-installed in all modern Windows versions.
Open cmd.exe
from either the list of all installed applications, or from the "Run..." dialog usually accessible by pressing Ctrl+X.
Type diskpart.exe
and press "Enter". You'll be asked to provide administrator permissions, and a new prompt window will appear. The following commands should be run in the new window.
Run list disk
to list the available drives. Take note of the number id that identifies the drive you want to clean.
Run select disk N
, where N
corresponds to the id from the previous step.
Run clean
. This command will completely clean your drive by erasing any existent filesystem.
Run create partition primary
. This command will create a new partition.
Run active
. This command will active the partition.
Run list partition
. This command will show available partition.
Run select partition N
, where N
corresponds to the id of the newly available partition.
Run format override quick
. This command will format the partition. You can choose a specific formatting by adding FS=xx
where xx
could be NTFS or FAT or FAT32
after format
. Example : format FS=NTFS override quick
Run exit
to quit diskpart.