If you want to re-format an external hard drive (a drive you plug into your computer, instead of installing inside of your computer) or flash drive, it's extremely easy to do.

You can format an external drive quickly and easily in Windows, without the need of any third-party tools. But before you format your USB drive, you need to consider which file system to use.

Three ways to format an SD Card have been explained here. We also explain what to do if your SD Card won’t format on Windows 11/10.

To format a hard drive before you start using it in Windows, use the Disk Management utility; on a Mac, use Disk Utility.

How do you format a Steam Deck SD card? While installing an SSD is the best way to expand your Steam Deck storage, sometimes you just want a quick fix to get some more games downloaded. This is ...