The is a Command Prompt text-line usefulness that you can use on a Windows PC to carry out many of the same types of operation that are accessible through normal, graphical user interface driven facades.

Instructions

• Open the "Start" menu and hit on the "Run..." label.

• Write "cmd" into the Run window and click the "Enter" key.

• Write "format x: /fs:ntfs" into the command on time window, replace "x:" with the drive letter of the hard disk you want to erase.

• Hit the "Enter" key, type "y" and click the "Enter" key again. The hard disk is formatted.