Format a partition on a clean install of Windows
by Joseph on Jan 3rd in IT, Windows
Ok, this one is something I find myself doing fairly regularly, and never remember exactly how to do it.
If you find yourself with a computer that is too messed up to even do a factory restore, you can use a bootable USB with windows to clean things up a bit.
- Boot up Windows Installation media
- On first screen, press SHIFT+F10 then type:
- diskpart
- list disk (in case your largest volume isn’t Disk 0)
- select disk 0 (or the largest volume)
- clean
- exit
- exit
- Continue. Select the unallocated partition (Only one shown) then click next, windows will create all needed partitions.
Done.
That’s all there is to it!
If you need to create a bootable Win10 disk, I recommend RUFUS. It works quickly and effectively.