Before continuing, be sure you’ve connected the USB flash drive, SD card, or whatever other drive you want to clean. We’ll be using the diskpart command to clean the disk. On Windows 7, open the Start menu and search for “cmd.” Right-click the “Command Prompt” shortcut that appears and then choose “Run as Administrator.” RELATED: How to Put the Command Prompt Back on the Windows+X Power Users Menu
You can do pretty much everything in PowerShell that you can do in Command Prompt-including the command we’re using in this article-plus a lot of other useful things. It’s very easy to switch back to showing the Command Prompt on the Power Users menu if you want, or you can give PowerShell a try. Note: If you see PowerShell instead of Command Prompt on the Power Users menu, that’s a switch that came about with the Creators Update for Windows 10. On Windows 10 or 8.1, right-click the Start button (or press Windows Key + X) and select “Command Prompt (Admin).” Step One: Launch a Command Prompt as Administratorįirst, you’ll need to launch a Command Prompt window as administrator. You should also be very careful to specify the correct disk, or you could accidentally wipe the wrong one. Warning: This process completely wipes the entire disk you select, so be sure you back up any important files first.
