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‎06-24-2025 06:22 AM

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I've got a HP 250 G5 with a drivelock which I can't remember the password and windows setup is unable to format the drive 

I don't really care about the data inside I just need a way to format it so my daughter can use it for her research project 

My s/n:CND6367WSL 

Please I need help 

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‎06-24-2025 10:12 AM

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Hi @AJbeats 

 

Use diskpart to format the disk

 

Use DiskPart to clean and format a drive that is not working on Windows 10 | Windows Central

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‎06-25-2025 02:08 AM

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  • Sorry this was the first solution I tried but it didn't work 
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‎06-25-2025 09:07 AM

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When you use diskpart you delete all partitions, you should do that first delete the partitions

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‎06-26-2025 01:30 AM

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Please can you give me directions 

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‎06-26-2025 09:16 AM

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see the following link to delete a partition, this allows the disk to have no more information. Remember the diskpart command must be used from a USB installation not from windows.

 

Use diskpart to create, delete and modify disk partitions | TechTarget

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