Example of how to (exFAT) format disk on windows using diskpart in a command prompt running as administrator

diskpartFormatDisk.txt

Notes at end of file with some extra information and safety advice.



Search in windows: 'cmd' and open command prompt as administrator.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.657]
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C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.18362.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: CORREIA-LAPTOP

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          238 GB  1024 KB        *
  Disk 1    Online          465 GB      0 B

DISKPART> select disk 1

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> clean

DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          238 GB  1024 KB        *
* Disk 1    Online          465 GB   465 GB

DISKPART> create partition primary

DiskPart succeeded in creating the specified partition.

DISKPART> active

DiskPart marked the current partition as active.

DISKPART> filesystems

Current File System

  Type                 : RAW
  Allocation Unit Size : 512
  Flags : 00000000

File Systems Supported for Formatting

  Type                 : NTFS (Default)
  Allocation Unit Sizes: 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 (Default), 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K, 128K, 256K, 512K, 1024K, 2048K

  Type                 : exFAT
  Allocation Unit Sizes: 32K, 64K, 128K (Default), 256K, 512K, 1024K, 2048K, 4096K, 8192K, 16384K, 32768K

DISKPART> format fs=exfat label="CHANGE TO WANTED DRIVE NAME" quick

  100 percent completed

DiskPart successfully formatted the volume.

DISKPART> assign letter=d

DiskPart successfully assigned the drive letter or mount point.

DISKPART>



notes:
  - You can format in other diferent file systems like 'ntfs':
      DISKPART> format fs=ntfs label="CHANGE TO WANTED DRIVE NAME" quick
      
      - The command 'label="CHANGE TO WANTED DRIVE NAME"' sets the disk name of what is in the quotation marks.
  - Make sure you select the correct disk to format in command:
      DISKPART> select disk 1
      
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