Format Question, Please (W10, WD External HD)

Hi,


Thanks for all the previous help. Super Forum and folks.





Found an "old" WD 1 TPB external HD. Bought it about a yr ago.
Know nothing about its history, but would like to erase everything on it, and use in my Mac or W10 pc.



Mac wont recognize it in the normal way.
W10 won't either.



Would like to format it anew as ExFat using my W10 pc.
It does show up in Disk Management on the W10 pc. See image which I hope is Attached ?



Called, I think, "Disk 1"



But, cannot see how, from here, I do a new ExFat formatting.

Might someone please explain the steps to go thru ?


Right clicking, etc, does nothing in the way of bringing up a Format menu.


Thanks,
Bob

topgundcp said:

Make sure it's disk 1. Assuming this disk is still good.
Open Admin command prompt (Win+X->Command Prompt(Admin)) then type:

diskpart
select disk 1
clean
convert mbr
create partition primary
format fs=ExFAT quick
assign
exit

Diskpart is a powerful tool.

Make sure the disk you want to clean is disk 1 or you can erase all your system disk

I would add one command

diskpart
list disk (see if your WD 1 TPB external HD is disk 1)
select disk 1
clean
convert mbr
create partition primary
format fs=ExFAT quick
assign
exit

Hello,

Just a quick thanks for info., and method.

Bob

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