Windows 10: Local drive 'C' formatted in error

Hello everyone,A friend of mine has accidentally formatted the local drive 'C' in error instead of a USB stick.Not known if: a the whole drive was formatted and/or contents data files deleted.b only the partition containing the OS was formatted therefore the data files are safe and recoverable.How can I check if the partitions are still intact for re-installation of Windows 10 without losing the data files? I don't want to re-install windows just yet in case it wipes all the data files.Can the partitions be viewed via the BIOS from F2 before attempting to re-install windows?It's been a l

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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!

 

Format N70 C:\ drive

Hi!

I tried all 3 methods listed in the sticky to format my N70, but none formats the C:\ drive.. Actually, my phone has become SLOWER in menu access after formatting the phone.. Please tell me how i can do a full hard format of the phone..

Thanks!

 

Format an external Drive.

Hello Roger,

Thank you for posting your concern in Microsoft Community and welcome to the Windows 10 Family.

I would suggest you to follow the below steps to format the drive you are referring to.

• Right Click on Start menu and select Open Computer Management.
  
• 
  In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.
  
• 
  Right-click the volume that you want to format, and then click Format.
  
• 
  To format the volume with the default settings, in the Format dialog box, click
  OK, and then click OK again.
  

Note: You cannot format a disk or partition that is currently in use, including the partition that contains Windows.

Hope it helps.

Thank you.