

Before continuing, be sure you’ve connected the USB flash drive, SD card, or whatever other drive you want to clean. Next, right-click on the SD card and select Format. Then, launch Windows Explorer by pressing Win + E, and go to Computer. Start by inserting your SD card into your laptop or PC’s card reader. We’ll be using the diskpart command to clean the disk. This is usually the simplest way to format your SD card because it’s quick and easy. On Windows 7, open the Start menu and search for “cmd.” Right-click the “Command Prompt” shortcut that appears and then choose “Run as Administrator.” RELATED: How to Put the Command Prompt Back on the Windows+X Power Users Menu You can do pretty much everything in PowerShell that you can do in Command Prompt-including the command we’re using in this article-plus a lot of other useful things.

It’s very easy to switch back to showing the Command Prompt on the Power Users menu if you want, or you can give PowerShell a try. Note: If you see PowerShell instead of Command Prompt on the Power Users menu, that’s a switch that came about with the Creators Update for Windows 10.

On Windows 10 or 8.1, right-click the Start button (or press Windows Key + X) and select “Command Prompt (Admin).” Step One: Launch a Command Prompt as Administratorįirst, you’ll need to launch a Command Prompt window as administrator.
