Reset Seagate External Disk Using Windows Built-in Tools
Since you have backed up your Seagate external drive, you can rest assured of factory resetting the drive. You can reset an external hard drive on your Windows computer because Windows offers you such options. The process of formatting an external drive on Windows is straightforward. In this part, I will show you how to format a Seagate external hard drive in Windows using Disk Management and DiskPart.
Reset Seagate External Drive via Disk Management
Disk Management is the first method to reset a Seagate external on Windows. In most situations, this method is what you need. The following are the detailed steps:
Step 1. Connect the Seagate external drive to your computer.
Step 2. Open the Disk Management.
Step 3. Right-click on the partition and select Format.
Step 4. In the format wizard, select a file system and then choose allocation unit size as the default. And click OK.
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