Unformat a Drive ?


  1. JerometheGiraff
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    Unformat a Drive ?


    Anyone know how to un-format a drive as if it's brand new ? No Data is on the drive.
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  3. zigzag3143
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    Why do you want to?
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  4. EzioAuditore
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    Winbdows 7 ultimate x64 | Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS
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    You mean completely wipe it? Look here- Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing
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  6. JerometheGiraff
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    Why do you want to?
    To make the HDD space unallocated again ?
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  7. seavixen32
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    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
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    If you just want to create unallocated space and aren't worried about any data that may be on the drive you can just delete any partitions on it via disk management.

    If you want to thoroughly wipe the drive this tutorial explains how to do it using Diskpart.

    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command
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  8. JerometheGiraff
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    Done !
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