External hard drive Forum › Forums › WELCOME to the forums! › External hard drive Tagged: external drive, reformating This topic has 2 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by Anonymous. Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) Author Posts December 1, 2015 at 12:29 pm #17401 AnonymousInactive I no longer require my external drive and want to use it on my PC, but it is not recognised, any idea how I get it reformatted. Windows 10 Samsung M3 1tb portable. Thanks December 1, 2015 at 12:32 pm #66640 grahamlthompsonParticipant You need to use Disk Management. It’s very similar to Windows 7 but harder to find http://www.howto-connect.com/windows-10-disk-management/ You will have to delete the existing Linux partition(s) and re-create them. http://www.digitalcitizen.life/how-manage-your-disks-using-disk-management-utility December 1, 2015 at 1:09 pm #66641 AnonymousInactive Thanks for the help, I new it was there someware but used to XP, do not like 10, nothing of my old disks work. Author Posts Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In