How To Format A Drive In Windows 7 10 Repair Guide

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Very easy

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3

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                          1 minute            

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• How to Format a drive in Windows 7-10
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Open File Explorer               

• Open File Explorer.
• You can do that from either of the red highlighted spots, or search for “File Explorer.”

Open File Explorer.

You can do that from either of the red highlighted spots, or search for “File Explorer.”

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Step 2

              Open the Format Menu               

• Right-Click on the drive you want to format, and click format
• This is what should pop up.

Right-Click on the drive you want to format, and click format

This is what should pop up.

Step 3

              Format your drive               

• if you will be using the drive for Windows, format it as NTFS. If you need a multi-OS drive, exFAT or FAT32 is recommended. However, keep in mind FAT32 has a 4GB limit on files.
• Use default allocation size.
• If you want to rename your drive put the new name here.
• Start the format. When It’s done, you can close all the windows, and you are done.

if you will be using the drive for Windows, format it as NTFS. If you need a multi-OS drive, exFAT or FAT32 is recommended. However, keep in mind FAT32 has a 4GB limit on files.

Use default allocation size.

If you want to rename your drive put the new name here.

Start the format. When It’s done, you can close all the windows, and you are done.

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