Windows 10: Formatting second disk with Ubuntu

Hello there!

I have a laptop that has two disks where windows is installed on one and ubuntu on the second one and everything works fine.
But as now linux subsystem for windows got much better, I would like to use ubuntu via LSW. So I wanted to format the disk with ubuntu.

However, windows 10 either cannot see the partitions and asks me to initialize the disk which fails every time, or sees the partitions properly but as read-only.

I tried using diskpart via powershell which didnt work as well.
Diskpart -> list disk -> select disk # -> clean works fine
but cannot create a primary partition, because in reality it does not clean the disk.

So anyone has any ideas on how to format the Ubuntu disk via Windows tools?

Stay safe!

:)

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

Formatting a dual boot system with windows 10 and ubuntu

Hi,

In Windows 10, you can easily format a hard drive or a partition by accessing Computer Management. For us to assist you, we suggest that you follow the steps listed below:

• Press the Start button.
• Type Computer Management.
• On the left side, click on Disk Management under Storage.
• Locate the drive that you want to format.
• Once located, right-click on the drive and choose Format.

If the hard drive has not been formatted with the steps that we have provided above, we recommend that you contact the manufacturer of your hard drive. Some hard drive requires a software that you'll need to use just to format it.

Let us know how it goes and if you need further assistance, feel free to post back.

 

Cannot Format HD


Need to initialize it as GPT disk type with HD > 2TB:
From Admin command prompt:

1. diskpart
2. list disk =====> Take a note of disk # for the 4TB HD
3. select disk # ====> From step 2
4. clean
5. exit

Open Disk Management and initialize the disk as GPT, create simple then format.