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Erase/Format Storage Space
I'm having difficulty figuring out how to erase a storage space and reformat it.
Any suggestions, or links you can share?
Thanks...
I'm having difficulty figuring out how to erase a storage space and reformat it.
Any suggestions, or links you can share?
Thanks...
56, you need to give us much more information: what is this storage space ON, exactly, and what are you preparing it for?
In responding to WiseWiz, please explain exactly what you are referring to as a "storage space" to avoid misunuderstandings. Most people would say disk, partition, USB stick, external drive, …
Denis
It is a tower PC which has several drives. I combined them all into a Windows 10 storage space. I believe there are 5 drives in the box.
I want to eliminate all data, and reformat back into an empty storage space. And actually, I want the drives securely wiped so the data on them could not be recovered.
Let me know if you need more info.
I do not know about storage spaces. These are the most relevant TenForumsTutorials
Storage Spaces - Delete a Storage Pool in Windows 10 Storage Spaces - Delete a Storage Space from Storage Pool in Windows 10 Storage Spaces - Remove Drive from Storage Pool in Windows 10
I do not know if these procedures will meet your requirement for them to be irrecoverable. I think your best bet would be to post that specific question in one of the tutorial threads.
Best of luck,
Denis
Thanks for the links and suggestions.
I'll take a look. I hadn't even known about the tutorial threads.
It's really worth making time to browse through the Tutorial index - there's a shortcut to it at the top of every page.- At the foot of the Tutorial index is a shortcut to download it as a spreadsheet.- Tutorials are also listed by category at Tutorials - there's also a shortcut to that at the top of every page.
- I download a new copy each month so I can benefit from Excel's filtering capabilities when I search for topics of interest.
- Both tutorial pages are searchable.
- You can also search for TenForumsTutorials in many general search engines, such as Google, by adding site:tenforums.com/tutorials after your search term. For example,
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- And note that you can also search TenForums threads [rather than just searching tutorials] in many general search engines, such as Google, by adding site:tenforums.com after your search term. For example,
Search for drivers by HardwareID site:tenforums.com
[This is what the search box in the top-right corner of TenForums webpages does automatically]
Denis
I do not think you can do a batch Format of all drives in Storage Spaces. I think you need to Delete each drive from Storage Spaces, then press the Windows key +X and choose Disk Management and the select each drive separately Right click it and Format it. then go back to Storage Spaces and add the drives as you did previously.
Appreciate all lthe help folks.
I suspect I will in fact be needing to take down the storage space and do it individually as spunk suggests.
I will also take good notice of the tutorials.