{"id":426,"date":"2018-12-13T02:18:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T02:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/?p=426"},"modified":"2018-12-13T02:18:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T02:18:26","slug":"how-to-use-diskpart-to-clean-and-format-a-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/how-to-use-diskpart-to-clean-and-format-a-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use DiskPart to clean and format a drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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Important:<\/strong> Using DiskPart will completely erase \neverything on the drive you select, making it impossible to undo any \nchanges. It’s crucial that you correctly choose the drive you want to \nclean and format. We always recommend making a full backup of your system before proceeding<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Use the Windows key + X<\/strong> keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu and select Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>.<\/li>
  2. Connect the drive you want clean and format to your computer.<\/li>
  3. \nType the following command and press Enter<\/strong>:\ndiskpart<\/code>\n<\/li>
  4. \nType the following command to list all the available drives and press Enter<\/strong>:\nlist disk<\/code>\n<\/li>
  5. \nTake your time and very carefully, on the output from the previous command, identify the drive you want to clean.\nFor example, in the screenshot below, we can see that we have four different drives listed, including Disk 0<\/strong>,\n which is 30GB, and we can quickly determine that it’s the primary \nsystem drive. And because we’re trying to clean an 8GB drive, we can \neasily spot that Disk 3<\/strong> is the drive we need to select.\nUse the following command to select the drive and press Enter<\/strong>:\nselect disk 3<\/code>\nRemember to change 3<\/strong> in the command with the number \nof the drive you want to clean. If you fail to choose the correct number\n will erase all the data from the wrong drive.\n<\/a>\n<\/li>
  6. \nType the following command to clean the drive and press Enter<\/strong>:\nclean<\/code>\n<\/li>
  7. \nType the following command to double-check the drive still selected and press Enter<\/strong>:\nlist disk<\/code>\nIf the drive still selected, you will notice an asterisk (*) next to the disk.\n<\/li>
  8. \nType the following command to create a partition and press Enter<\/strong>:\ncreate partition primary<\/code>\n<\/li>
  9. \nType the following command to select the partition you just created and press Enter<\/strong>:\nselect partition 1<\/code>\n<\/li>
  10. \nType the following command to set the partition active and press Enter<\/strong>:\nactive<\/code>\n<\/a>\n<\/li>
  11. \nType the following command to format the partition using NTFS and to set a label, and press Enter<\/strong>:\nformat FS=NTFS label=WC-Drive quick<\/code>\nRemember to change the WC-Drive<\/strong> in the command with the drive name you want to use.\n<\/li>
  12. \nType the following command to assign a drive letter and press Enter<\/strong>:\nassign letter=W<\/code>\nRemember to change W<\/strong> in the command with a letter you want that isn’t in use by another drive on This PC.\n<\/a>\n<\/li>
  13. Use the exit<\/code> command to close DiskPart to complete the task.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Again, using this guide, remember to take your time and \ncarefully select the drive you want to repair. If you have multiple \nexternal drives connected to your computer, it’s a good idea to \ntemporary disconnect them before proceeding to reduce the chances of \nerasing the wrong drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Keep in mind that while there is many other tools to format a drive, \nDiskPart is likely to be your best choice when you’re dealing with data \ncorruption, drive inaccurately showing the storage capacity, and other \nserious problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Have you ever used DiskPart on Windows?<\/em> Tell us your experience in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Important: Using DiskPart will completely erase everything on the drive you select, making it impossible to undo any changes. It’s crucial that you correctly choose the drive you want to clean and format. We always recommend making a full backup of your system before proceeding. Use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426\/revisions\/427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.um-palembang.ac.id\/sayfudin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}