Time and again, cases are reported in which disposed hard drives still contained readable, confidential data. With a few Windows commands and the right tools, this won't happen to you.

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.

If Diskpart does not recognize a new SSD in Windows 11/10, check if there is nothing wrong with the physical connection, and then execute the solutions mentioned here.