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1.Right-click the Start menu and select Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin). 2.Type diskpart and press Enter. 3.Run the following commands one by one:

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1.Right-click the Start menu and select Terminal (Admin) or Command Prompt (Admin).
2.Type diskpart and press Enter.
3.Run the following commands one by one:

diskpart
list disk
select disk x
list disk
clean
create partition primary
format fs=exfat quick
(You can change exfat to ntfs if you prefer).

windows/diskpart.md

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