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I can't format a drive on windows 10

Anonymous
2018-06-11T18:27:15+00:00

I've tried formatting multiple flash drives and had a 4 tb drive go work and say it needed to be formated. No matter what optionos or procedures I do I can't get a disk to format without failing on windows 10.

I took these correupted drive to a windows 7 machine and they formatted right away.

On windows 10 all I get is an error and windows can not format it.

HELP!

I've lost a 4tb drive already so far.

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  1. DaveM121 871.3K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-06-11T18:30:59+00:00

    Hi Mark,

    To be able to see the whole drive it needs to be converted to GPT

    Open an elevated command prompt (right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator)

    After typing each these commands, hit Enter:

    diskpart

    list disk

    (Make note of the disk number you want to convert and enter it into the next command)

    select disk disknumber

    clean

    convert gpt

    Then close Command Prompt

    Open Disk Management (accessible by right clicking your Start Button)

    Right click the unallocated space on your 4TB drive and choose 'New Simple Volume'

    Then if asked, Assign a Drive Letter to the Drive - choose the letter suggested in the Drop Down . . .

    Close Disk Management, you should now be able to see the full 4TB Drive in Windows File Explorer!

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T18:34:29+00:00

    Open Start

    Type: cmd

    Right click CMD

    Click Run as administrator

    At the command prompt, type: diskpart then hit enter. This will start the disk partitioning command line utility.

    DiskPart Windows 10 command line

    Type list disk then hit Enter.

    This will reveal all attached storage devices. If you had more storage devices connected or attached, they would be listed as disk 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.

    Once the drive has been selected, type clean then hit Enter.

    Type create partition primary then hit Enter

    Type active then hit Enter

    DiskPart Windows 10 command line

    Type format fs=exfat label=”DRIVE LABEL HERE” quick then hit Enter

    This command will format and label the drive, e.g. format fs=exfat label=”ANDRE”. If you are formatting a local disk, you should use NTFS in place of exFAT, or you can choose from other appropriate file systems such as FAT32.

    Type exit and hit Enter again.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T19:59:48+00:00

    Download, install and use the free Easeus Todo Parition manager to format the drive:

    Free partition manager software to resize partitions - EaseUS Partition ...

    https://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-fr...

    Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-06-11T19:25:40+00:00

    I'll try this on 4tb but what about the flash drives?

    they are formating on windows 7 and windows 10 just keeps trashing them

    and its not just one machine... its both my windows 10 machine are doing the same thing

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