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DISK FIXER

How to use DiskPart to clean

and format a drive not
working on Windows 10
If your computer has a drive issue, it could just
be a logical problem, which you can quickly fix
using DiskPart — Here's how to use the tool
on Windows 10.
MAURO HUCULAK
1 Jul 2019 26
On Windows 10, when you have external storage (such as a USB flash drive,
removable hard drive, or SD card) that stops working as a result of data
corruption or another problem, you can use DiskPart to erase everything and
start fresh with a clean partition.

DiskPart is command tool that has been around even before Windows 10, and
it allows you to use Command Prompt to manage drives, partitions, and
volumes when other tools like Disk Management and Format won't work to fix
the problem.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to use the DiskPart
command tool to clean and properly format a drive to fix corruptions and other
disk problems.

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How to clean and format a drive using DiskPart

To use DiskPart to fix a hard drive with problems on Windows 10, use these
steps:

Important: Using these instructions will erase everything on the selected

drive, and you can't undo the changes. If the drive is still accessible, it's
recommended to backup your data before proceeding. If you have multiple
drives connected to your computer, it's also recommended to disconnect them
to minimize the chances of selecting the wrong partition.

1. Open Start.
 2. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select
the Run as administrator option.
3. Type the following command to launch DiskPart and press Enter:

diskpart

4. Type the following command to list all the drives connected to your
computer and press Enter:

list disk

5. Type the following command to select the drive that you want to clean
and press Enter:

select disk 1

In the command, make sure to replace 1 for the drive number that you want to
delete. If you don't do this step correctly, you could end up wiping out the
wrong drive, as such proceed with caution.

6. Type the following command to wipe out the drive and press Enter:

clean
 7. Type the following command to confirm the drive still selected and
press Enter:

lisk disk

Quick note: The output should include an asterisk (*) next to the selected
drive.

8. Type the following command to create a new partition on the drive and
press Enter:

create partition primary

9. Type the following command to select the new primary partition and
press Enter:

select partition 1

10. Type the following command to make the selected partition active and
press Enter:
active

11. Type the following command to format the partition using the Microsoft
NTFS file system and to set a drive label, and press Enter:

format FS=NTFS label=Data quick

In the command, remember to replace Data for the name of the drive that you
want to see when using File Explorer. Also, the quick flag is optional, but if
you don't use it, the format will take a long time.

12. Type the following command to assign a letter and make the drive
available in File Explorer and press Enter:

assign letter=w
In the command, replace w with the drive letter that you want to use, and it's
not assigned by another drive.

13. Type the following command to terminate DiskPart and press Enter:

exit

Once you complete the steps, if the drive didn't have any physical issues, it
should be available through File Explorer, and you can begin storing files on it.

More Windows 10 resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about
Windows 10, visit the following resources:

 Windows 10 on Windows Central – All you need to know

 Windows 10 help, tips, and tricks
 Windows 10 forums on Windows Central
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Windows 10 20H1 build

19013 rolls out to Fast ring
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DAN THORP-LANCASTER
29 Oct 2019 1
Source: Windows Central

Say hello to some new kaomoji, along with a tong of fixes and improvements.

What you need to know

 A new Windows 10 preview build is available for Fast ring Insiders.
 This release pushes the build number to 19013 and includes a ton of
fixes and improvements.
 Insiders on the Fast ring can download this release via Windows
Update now.
What's new in build 19013
 More kaomoji: [B]ased on your feedback, in this build we're updating our
kaomoji list with a few more favorites, including:

 ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

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 And more! Enjoy (❁´◡`❁)

 Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2 will now release unused

Linux memory back to your Windows machine: Previously, your WSL
2 Virtual Machine's (VM) memory would grow to meet the needs of your
workflow, but would not shrink back down when the memory was no
longer needed. With this change, as memory is no longer in use in the
Linux VM, it will be freed back to Windows, which will shrink in memory
size accordingly.

 Your Phone app–Elevating the Phone screen feature by removing its

dependency on Bluetooth connection: Windows Insiders, we heard
your feedback about the Phone screen feature's dependency on
Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. To address your feedback, we
partnered closely with Samsung to bring you a more streamlined
experience across all Windows 10 PCs by removing the peripheral role
dependency for Phone screen, which will expand the overall reach of this
feature.

o Samsung Galaxy Note 10 was the first device to introduce this feature in
August. After a positive response, we've recently enabled this feature
across Samsung Galaxy Fold, S10, S10+, and S10e smartphones. You'll
need to update your supported Samsung devices with the recent software
update that enables the 'Link to Windows' feature. To continue offering
this experience to other smartphones, we're expanding this feature
 support to Samsung Galaxy A30s, A50s, and A90 smartphones, and we'll
continue to add additional devices in the coming months.

o With the new experience rolling out, we'll be removing the Bluetooth
connectivity option, effective immediately. If you were previously enjoying
Phone screen over Bluetooth and you have a phone model that doesn't
yet support Link to Windows, the Phone screen node will disappear
automatically within the Your Phone app. We recommend that you unpair
your devices by going to the Bluetooth settings on both your PC and your
Android phone, so that you don't have a connection that is no longer in
use.

General changes, improvements, and fixes for PC

 We fixed an issue resulting in frames being skipped, starting with Build
19002, when running games and videos fullscreen.
 We fixed an issue where initiating "Reset this PC" with the cloud
download option wasn't working when started from Windows RE.
 We fixed an issue resulting in preinstalled apps (like Calculator) and other
UWP apps being missing from the Apps & Features page in Settings.
 We appreciate your patience while we worked on our sync engine. As of
this build, wallpaper and theme syncing is now up and running again.
 We fixed an issue resulting in Wi-Fi unexpectedly resetting (turning off
and back on) frequently in recent flights.
 We fixed an issue where Wi-Fi Settings might get stuck saying
Connecting, even though the network flyout (correctly) indicated that you
were Connected.
 We fixed an issue where an update being temporarily suspended would
result in an 0xc19001e1 error being displayed in Windows Update history.
 We fixed an issue resulting in the "Open location" search result option not
working if the search result was a folder.
 We fixed an issue where if you moved Cortana's window to certain places
on your screen, and then closed the window, the minimize animation
wouldn't go towards Cortana's icon on the taskbar.
 We fixed an issue resulting in File Explorer not rendering correctly
sometimes when using multiple monitors with different DPIs on the
previous flight.
 We fixed an issue where you could get into a state where it wasn't
possible to set focus to File Explorer's search box in order to type your
query.
 We fixed an issue that could result in the app thumbnail disappearing
when you right clicked it in Task View.
 We fixed an issue that could result in the Send Message button in certain
notifications not being visible when using High Contrast White.
 We fixed an issue where the notification following WIN+Shift+S might
have a blank space for the screenshot (rather than actually displaying the
screenshot).
 We fixed an issue resulting in Resource Manager unexpectedly not
showing any disk activity.
 We fixed an issue where, if you called SUBST with a path ending with a \
it would give a Path not found error.
 We fixed a memory leak with running apps that repeatedly sent calls to
adjust gamma.
 Some of you have reached out about when trying to shutdown, seeing a
message saying that an app named "G" was preventing shutdown. We
investigated and found an issue where windows related to GDI+were only
referenced as "G." We've fixed this, so going forward, these will now have
the name "GDI+ Window ()", where will show the .exe name of the app
using GDI+.
 We fixed an issue resulting in speechruntime.exe using an unexpectedly
high amount of CPU on the previous flight.
 We fixed an issue resulting in Bluetooth devices potentially not
reconnecting as expected after closing then reopening the device lid for
certain devices.
 We fixed an issue resulting in the Surface Dial not scrolling in recent
builds if you switched to something like zoom and then back to scrolling.
 Thank you Insiders who shared feedback about the 2-in-1 convertible
tablet experience improvements we discussed here. For the time being,
we're returning to the current experience in retail.
 We fixed an issue where Narrator would sometime report focus as the
page instead of reporting the actual focused control within Chrome.
 We fixed an issue where Narrator would not automatically start reading
the Narrator user guide webpage and the YouTube webpage.
  We corrected Narrator's "Next Table" command so that it would work in
Excel.
 We fixed an issue where the text cursor indicator was visible on top of the
lock screen background picture.
 We fixed an issue where the text cursor indicator preview wasn't
displaying correctly in Settings when using dark theme.
 We fixed an issue where when using dark theme, the hardware keyboard
text prediction candidate window was unreadable due to black text on a
dark grey background.
 We fixed an issue that could result in the touch keyboard flickering when
inputting emoji.
 We fixed an issue where English punctuations were outputted when using
the Chinese Pinyin and Wubi IMEs, even if input mode was set to
Chinese under the default IME settings. Thanks for your feedback.
 We've fixed an issue where the character width of alphanumeric
characters when using the Traditional Chinese Bopomofo IME would
change from half width to full width unexpectedly in some input fields.
Thanks for reporting it! If you feel this issue hasn't been fully addressed in
the new version of Bopomofo IME, please let us know your feedback.
 We've fixed an issue where after successfully updating to a new build, the
Windows Update Settings page may have shown the same build needed
to be installed.
 We've fixed an issue where Optional drivers were failing to install.
If you're enrolled in the Fast ring, you can download build 19013 now via
Windows Update. For more on this release, check out Microsoft's full release
notes, which cover known issues, at the Windows Blog.

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