To format a disk, launch Explorer. In the left windowpane, highlight the icon of the diskette or disk you want to format, and right click the mouse. Select Format and click Start. THIS DEFINITION ...

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To do this, we simply access This PC section in File Explorer, right-click on the drive, and select the Format option from the context menu. Or we could open Disk Management Utility to do it.