How to Format a Hard Drive with the CMD Command

This guide explains how to format a Hard Drive with the CMD Command, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

1. Format with diskpart command in CMD

Step 1: Access CMD with Admin rights.

On Windows 7

You click on Start (1) => enter the keyword cmd (2) => right click on cmd. exe (3) => Run as administrator (4) .

On Windows 10

Click the Search icon (1) or use the Windows + S key combination. Next, enter the keyword cmd (2) => Run as administrator (3) .

Step 2: After entering the Command Prompt as an admin, enter the following command and press Enter .

diskpart

Step 3: Enter the following command and Enter .

list disk

After entering the above command, you will see a list of hard drives on the computer will be listed. Remember your drive letter is Disk 0, Disk 1. Disk n to select in the following command.

For example, in the article I will select and format Disk 1 with a capacity of 1024 MB.

Step 4: Enter the following command and Enter .

select disk n

(where n is the drive number you choose)

For example, the above step I format disk 1 so my command is select disk 1 .

Step 5: Enter the following command to delete the partition and Enter .

clean

After having succeeded notice as shown below is successful.

Step 6: Enter the following command again to check the selected drive.

list disk

If the drive you format is marked with an *, that drive is selected.

Step 7: Enter the following command to recreate the partition.

create partition primary

If the succeeded message appears, it will work.

Step 8: Enter the following command to activate the selected partition.

active

Step 9: Enter the following command to reformat the drive in NTFS storage format and give the drive a new name.

format FS = NTFS label = name o dia quick

(Where name o dia is the arbitrary name you give that drive)

Step 10: At this point, you have completed the format and created a drive with CMD, enter the exit command and press Enter to exit the DISKPART command and close the cmd window.

2. Format fast drive with format command in cmd

Step 1: Open CMD with admin rights and enter the following command:

format : / q

(with name o dia ) is the drive you choose as C, D, E.

For example: In this article I will format drive D with the command.

format D: / q

Step 2: If you are prompted to ask for the name of your current hard drive, enter the drive letter and press Enter .

For example, as my D drive is named TTPM, I will type TTMP into the Enter current volume label for drive D box:

Step 3: Warning of erasing data on the drive you have Format appears, enter Y and Enter to continue.

Step 4: Press Enter to continue the Quick Format process.

Then your drive has been formatted successfully with the message Format complete as shown below.

In addition to the above, you can format with commands like:

format: / q / fs: exFAT: this command to format quickly with exFAT format

format: / q / fs: NTFS: Quickly format the selected drive to the NTFS standard

format: / fs: NTFS / v: Name: format quickly with the name you choose (Name = the specific name you gave the drive)

With instructions on how to format a drive with the CMD command, you know how to format a drive that is extremely unique and interesting. Good luck!