The command will remind you that all data will be erased from the drive, and if you would like to proceed with the format. Type Y for yes and press enter.
Windows will then begin to format the drive in FAT Technical Support Community Free technical support is available for your desktops, laptops, printers, software usage and more, via our new community forum, where our tech support staff, or the Micro Center Community will be happy to answer your questions online.
Forums Ask questions and get answers from our technical support team or our community. If you are mainly using WD hard drives, you can use this tool to fulfill the formatting task. What if you use other brand hard drives? It works well on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and more. Step 1. Right-click the 2TB hard drive and select "Format Partition".
Step 2. You can also change cluster size , and partition label on this window. Step 1. Connect the external hard drive to a Windows-based computer.
Make sure it can be detected by Windows. Step 2. Step 3. In the pop-up window, you have options to edit partition label, choose file system and cluster size. Configure this based on your needs. Step 4. This is a virtual change. The formatting process will take some time, so allow your computer to finish this task before using it for anything else.
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