Looks like it is. On Diskpart, type
select disk 2
press enter
type
create partition primary
press enter
It will probably ask to format it first, if not, format it on Disk Management.
Format external drive not showing up
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I'm attempting to format an external drive so that I can use it with my Windows computer. I had previously used it to back up a Mac computer, so it likely has different formatting. When I attempt to format this external drive, the option to do so does not appear.
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Rodrigo Queiroz
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Hi,
I'm Rodrigo and I'll help you.
Open the start menu, type diskpart and press enter.
On the diskpart window, type
select disk 2
and press enter
type
clean
and press enter.
This command will ersa the disk clearing all partitions, try to create a new partition on Disk Management now.
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Rodrigo Queiroz 77,755 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2024-04-13T21:55:57+00:00 Great! I am glad that it helped
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Anonymous
2024-04-13T21:19:42+00:00 Looks like I was able to format the disk after this. I did have to "Change drive letter and paths" which was not available previously, but it wasn't until this change that I was able to move files onto the external drive. Thank you!
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Anonymous
2024-04-13T19:24:32+00:00 What appears when trying to format this external drive.