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- Run CMD.EXE as administrator
- Type following commands and hit ENTER key after each command.
- DISKPART - Starts DiskPart (duh)
- LIST DISK - Shows numbers assigned to disks
- Note the number assigned to drive you want to use
- I'll use number 2 in this example
- SELECT DISK 2 - Does this really need an explanation?
- DETAIL DISK - Optional step to make sure you picked the right drive
- CLEAN - The first & last 1MB of the drive will be overwritten with zeros
- Alternatively, use "CLEAN ALL" to overwrite the entire drive (takes forever)
- CONVERT MBR - Converts the drive from GPT to MBR (or vice versa ; optional)
- CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY - Create a primary partition on the drive
- FORMAT FS=NTFS QUICK - Format the partition as NTFS using quick format. Alternatively FS=FAT32
- ACTIVE - The partition can contain OS startup files
- ASSIGN - The next available letter is assigned to the drive
- Alternatively you can manually assign one by adding "LETTER=X"
- EXIT - Exit from the DISKPART program
- EXIT - Exit from the command prompt
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