


Right click on the partition from which the.The formatting is complete, right click on the drive and select Delete. Right click on the drive to format, selectįormat from the context menu, click on OK and wait for the drive to be formatted.Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select Disk management from the context menu. You can take the backup of the data in any of the system/external drives before formatting the drive if you needįollow the steps below and check if you are able to delete the drive partition:

Formatting will wipe the files & folders contained in the drive clean without leaving any of the data behind. You will be able to delete the partition completely by first formatting the drive and then deleting the same from theĭisk management. Do you want the files & folders present in the.What happens when you try to delete the partition, do get any error message/error code?.We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.īefore assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions: Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community.
