Windows 10: Easy Guide: How to Format an External Hard Disk in Windows 10

In this article, we show you how to format a new external drive that you can use to backup purposes or store files.


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Easy Guides are intended to make it easy for users to follow instructions regarding basic tasks in Windows 10. Guides are a single info-graphic that you can follow from beginning to end.


Press Windows key + R

Type: diskmgmt.msc

Hit Enter





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Format Hard disk

I have an external hard drive . When i plug it into pc pc becomes slow , so I want to format it , but it is not possible in GUI mode .

Can I format it while booting??

Pls provide process steps too???

[Original Title: external Hard disk]

 

Formatting External hard drive.

1. Launch the Disk Manager with diskmgmt.msc
2. Use right-clicks to delete all partitions on the external disk
3. Create one or several new partitions
4. Format them