I don't have many windows tips on this blog as I don't use it a lot
But sometimes you need to help a friend with a problem. One of those problems is how to reset a drive in windows.
Maybe you want to sell it or give it to someone.
The way to do this under windows: open a cmd prompt as administrator
type diskpart enter
then type list disk enter
drives will be listed
C will be labeled as disk 0 other disks will be sequential
Be careful to choose the right one. "Danger Will Robinson"
type select disk 1 (or whatever disk you need to wipe)
then type clean
then type exit and enter twice to get out of the command prompt.
To use the drive in windows use disk manager to initialize the drive.
How secure is the clean procedure?
A greybeard might have a way to recover the data but most folks will not.
There are more secure ways to wipe the drive but it is much more trouble.
