How to Reset SSD, Hard drive, or USB Drive to factory settings

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Комментарии • 568

  • @carldelacruz6278
    @carldelacruz6278 2 года назад +185

    I don't typically leave comments on videos but this was great. Simple and straight-to-the-point tutorial. Saved me a lot of time. Thank you very much.

    • @whaterverman479
      @whaterverman479 Год назад +8

      crazy how all these companies say u need to purchase their product to wipe an SSD... lol this way is so simple and free

    • @builtin3rixton
      @builtin3rixton 6 дней назад

      Amazing, no messing around, just solid ass tutorial

  • @xx8bitrebelxx
    @xx8bitrebelxx 2 года назад +34

    You are a LIFESAVER!!! I couldn't have saved my drive if it wasn't for this insanely helpful video. Thank you soooo much and God Bless You for what you do!

    • @stonneerr
      @stonneerr Год назад +2

      i went thru so many vids, but after using this one while troubleshooting, i finally found my issue

  • @glittersnatched
    @glittersnatched Год назад +20

    The most helpful video I've ever seen. No long intro, right to the point, SUB to this man!

    • @builtin3rixton
      @builtin3rixton 6 дней назад

      Did exactly the same, having torn my hair out for an hour or two

  • @earlearmstrong2380
    @earlearmstrong2380 Год назад +6

    You made my day. After several attempts to fine the answer to this question, you provided me with a quick and simple way to clean my SSD. Thank you!

    • @stonneerr
      @stonneerr Год назад +1

      for real I feel like everybody else beats around the bush too much

  • @ttrevino167
    @ttrevino167 3 месяца назад +2

    2yrs later and this video helped me. My m.2 was a boot drive and it drove me crazy i couldnt find a way of factpry resetting the drive. Straight to the point got it going. Im saving this video

  • @dripdripsplash
    @dripdripsplash Год назад +3

    I had to clear a laptop drive because it still had windows on it and it still had all the random partitions. Only way I could find online to clear it was to do it through BIOS, which required me to plug the NVME into my motherboard. Cleared it and was done after messing around for what seemed like 30 min or an hour.
    Had to do another one and I stumbled upon this video. Thank you so much! Wish I would've found it sooner.

  • @MLife1972
    @MLife1972 Год назад +6

    This problem was frustrating me all evening. Thanks so much for the great video. Very easy to follow and clear presentation. Cheers!

  • @Zakuy
    @Zakuy 2 года назад +2

    this video is the one i have been searching for... literally months. its sad that all my old stuff is gone but i wasn't even able to use the hard drive. now i am thank you !!!!!!

  • @posterus4413
    @posterus4413 2 года назад +19

    Incredible video! Simple and easy to follow. I used this video once I was able to get all of the files I wanted off the my hard drive. Fortunately I was just storing some excess files. I did lose some files I couldn't save because windows wouldn't recognize they were there. But they were random word documents or powerpoints slides and stuff like that from college. I got the important college files I really wanted to keep though.

  • @RixaVA
    @RixaVA Год назад +1

    Thanks so much! I had made my Hard drive a bootable Linux drive a few years ago and I was not using it anymore. I was worried I couldn't recover it cause I didn't see the drive appear on my list in the Finder. I couldn't find any other video on this, only how to make your hard drive bootable. Very clear explanation, bless you!

  • @jimbrannan5825
    @jimbrannan5825 2 года назад +137

    The most powerful command you have. It will get rid of all of Windows 10 partitions. Be very careful. Make sure you have the correct drive number! Go to file manager, This PC, Manage, Disk Manager, and get the correct disk number for the drive you want to clean.

    • @K_ingh16
      @K_ingh16 Год назад +1

      Is it possible to recover the partitions back?

    • @JS7_17.
      @JS7_17. Год назад

      @@K_ingh16no

    • @NirtTheDirt
      @NirtTheDirt 11 месяцев назад +2

      ⁠@@K_ingh16not unless you’ve copied them to a new disk already

    • @shrillturtle6164
      @shrillturtle6164 8 месяцев назад +2

      What do you do when the drive isn't wiped lol, I did what you did step by step and nothing deleted

    • @mufazzilx
      @mufazzilx 3 месяца назад

      Not working on my pc

  • @yomama91927e
    @yomama91927e Год назад +3

    Love Windows tutorials that isn't someone begging for subscribers and likes and is just straight to the point, thanks dude

  • @The92jdmcb7
    @The92jdmcb7 Год назад +2

    This is such a helpful video. I've spent hours trying to do this and watched about 12 videos that either didn't help or were too complicated. This method is by far the easiest and fastest

  • @Viralshorts.080
    @Viralshorts.080 3 месяца назад +1

    Useful even after 2 years ... Tanks dude..❤

  • @ZIL2222
    @ZIL2222 18 дней назад

    How can a video be this simple clear and good in the modern century

  • @kurtisherve2999
    @kurtisherve2999 7 месяцев назад

    Jesus Christ finally a tutorial that is straight forward and to the point! THANK YOU MY GOOD SIR!

  • @stuflames4769
    @stuflames4769 Год назад +4

    Unbelievably easy with this short tutorial. Exactly what I needed. Thanks!

    • @Robtech
      @Robtech  Год назад +1

      Just a heads up. My tutorial videos have been moved to a new channel here: www.youtube.com/@123techtutorials/featured

    • @DatMelonBoi
      @DatMelonBoi Год назад

      @@Robtech inizialize disk doesnt show up 2:04

  • @as5who13
    @as5who13 7 месяцев назад

    This might be my favorite tutorial video on the Internet

  • @GrabASpriteB
    @GrabASpriteB 2 года назад +13

    This helped me so much thank you. After cloning my SSD to a larger size, my new SSD would only allow me to have two partitions on the same drive. The primary boot partition was always full, and the last straw broke today when I couldn't even install a windows update because I only had 100mbs of free space. Although I had to format and reinstall windows, I now have a full 233gb partition to use instead of 110 that constantly needed cleaning. This is a really powerful command!

  • @Hazylikespizza
    @Hazylikespizza 2 года назад +1

    This is going to help me out so much with wiping my old ssd boot drive in my laptop, Which means I’m able to use that 256gb to it’s full potential. Oh almost forgot, thank you so much for posting such an amazing and short guide that is basically helpful to anyone including me.

  • @builtin3rixton
    @builtin3rixton 6 дней назад +1

    subscribed, thumbs upped, and a comment to say thank you! simple, concise and an absolute legend!

  • @leftyfourguns
    @leftyfourguns 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this! I wasted so much time with so many random worthless programs and guides to do this, but this simple little video had the answer all along.

  • @kylehiggins9416
    @kylehiggins9416 День назад

    Awesome. This is a way better option than trying to find the factory software. It worked great.

  • @azbrthefriendlygoat
    @azbrthefriendlygoat 11 месяцев назад

    Good man,
    I screwed up and partitioned up my new 2TB drive and it ended up thinking it only had 400 GB of space.
    This fixed that right up.

  • @Simon-ice
    @Simon-ice Месяц назад

    Thanks a lot. There are so many videos on this topic that fail to explain things the way you do so easily.

  • @blizteredthumbs7911
    @blizteredthumbs7911 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much! I was pulling my hair out trying to raid x3 I couldn't clear the recovery partitions. I cleaned the ssd's and now it's working! You're a legend!

  • @441greenleaf
    @441greenleaf Год назад

    Awesome all night tried combining my partitions.. failed.. tired and slept.. in the morning awsome utube algorthm shomed me this video.. worked perfect.! i see it as a gift from santa and you ! :)

  • @fabianfoghel8466
    @fabianfoghel8466 2 года назад +4

    You saved my day! Thank you so much and Merry Christmas :)

  • @RobPizza
    @RobPizza 7 месяцев назад

    huge help! thank you, i was struggling and getting stressed out, felt like no one understood what i was talking about... felt like i fell into some alternate timeline with zero tech support when i tried to explain it:
    "i cant see the new ssd as disc d or e, but i can see its listed as disc one in windows disc management, so where do i click to reset it and then pick the drive letter i want?"
    people: HUH???
    anyway, this was exactly what i needed/was looking for to reset my failed cloned ssd.
    ive followed your instructions, and i can drag and drop my files onto it. wish i found this video sooner to save my sanity lol

  • @Stubldman
    @Stubldman Год назад

    Easy and simple instructions. Pulled a fairly new hard drive from an old laptop after the laptop died. Now have an additional back up drive. Thanks!!

  • @t.j.thomas9361
    @t.j.thomas9361 8 месяцев назад

    i was messing around getting nowhere for so long until i found your video. Thank you!!!

  • @muhamadaimarnaim
    @muhamadaimarnaim Месяц назад

    This video is very helpful. Short and straight to the point easy to follow. Deserve a like

  • @icarus8084
    @icarus8084 Год назад

    I know this is an old video but I just wanted to say thanks. Your video was super clear and helped me get all the storage back on my drive. I hope you have a nice day

  • @nigel-Rollercam-channel
    @nigel-Rollercam-channel 2 года назад +2

    I really appreciate you taking the time to make this video, I still have alot to learn, Cheers!

    • @Robtech
      @Robtech  2 года назад +1

      No worries!

  • @joeyacosta.128
    @joeyacosta.128 Год назад

    I just had to say thanks. I looked for so many vids trying to fix my external drive. No joke I have tried to get this stupid thing up and running for like a year and a half but always just threw it to the side. This is the only thing that actually worked.

  • @rossbuck6265
    @rossbuck6265 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for this video. This cleaned up a problem I had with a disk that I almost gave up on. Thanks again!

  • @ObiWan_Adobe
    @ObiWan_Adobe Год назад

    THANK YOU!!! I searched nearly 2 hours for a solution. This worked for me!

  • @jordandye2682
    @jordandye2682 Месяц назад

    Truly a savior. Super straightfoward and quick tutorial!

  • @StampyEell
    @StampyEell Год назад

    The first easy tech tutorial I've had to watch for Windows 11

  • @FUZZIEFAM
    @FUZZIEFAM 10 месяцев назад

    Man you helped me with 2 days of a headache😂 about to start watching your videos

  • @stonneerr
    @stonneerr Год назад

    ur the goat for this one
    my ssd been broken for a year and I gave up tryna fix it
    but today I was determined, otherwise would of went and got a new one. you saved me 100$

  • @valentindellagiacoma7875
    @valentindellagiacoma7875 17 дней назад

    ive had the access denied issue but couldnt solve it with any other tutorial. this worked and i have a working disc again. Thanks!!

  • @ManamiSoma
    @ManamiSoma 5 месяцев назад

    Worked like a charm! Thank you! Was able to remove all the data on my old SSD drive. Now I can sell it with my old laptop. 😎

  • @balajiprabhuful
    @balajiprabhuful Год назад

    Thank you Robtech for such a nice short and simple guidance to set the corrupt EHD. My seagate 1.81 TB EHD gone wrong and started showing only 32 GB. Since a year I had thrown it in my drawer waste box. I followed your video step by step and brought back the 1.81 TB. 👋

  • @kyrawyra
    @kyrawyra Год назад

    Life saver, you explained in 5 mins what took me 2 hours and getting nowhere in f.......g Windows THANK YOU

  • @Jewell579
    @Jewell579 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you. This is exactly what I needed to get my extra SSD going. Simple and to the point. Many thanks.

    • @BlitzEditz356
      @BlitzEditz356 8 месяцев назад

      for some reason the initilze button isn’t showing up, any suggestions?

  • @Mark-rm8sq
    @Mark-rm8sq 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much for this, I just spent the last 30 minutes trying to figure out how to do this since I don't know command prompts. With this video I was done in 3 minutes.

  • @frankseydel6645
    @frankseydel6645 Год назад

    Man you have no idea how you just helped me! Just following your step by step instructions gets the trick done! Amazing! Thank you so much!

  • @Alex_Martz
    @Alex_Martz 5 месяцев назад +1

    Excellent and straight to the point!

  • @ezpart7445
    @ezpart7445 Год назад

    WOW...THIS TUTORIAL HAS THE MOST SIMPLYEST MOST RELYABLE SHORT VIDEO EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

  • @kleytman
    @kleytman Год назад

    right at the 36 second you gave me the solution I was looking for

  • @A.Supercharged.R34
    @A.Supercharged.R34 23 дня назад

    Thank you so much, after 3 hours i came across this, you are a blessing.

  • @daniceriser7735
    @daniceriser7735 Год назад

    you are incredible man you saved me from spending money on another hdd device because this was contaminated with a virus THNKS

  • @damon1281
    @damon1281 10 месяцев назад

    This video was perfect and to the point. I wish this was the first one
    I watched. It would have saved me hours. Thanks a million!

  • @flamieyt
    @flamieyt 2 месяца назад

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Ive had this problem for a while, and you were the only person who i found helpful. Thank you thank you!!

  • @3xx0clan
    @3xx0clan 2 года назад

    thank you! built a new pc and wanted to use my old ssd as storage, all the other tutorials i watched required me to download stuff and i was certain that there wouldnt be any need for that.

  • @Yuri_X
    @Yuri_X 5 дней назад

    the first thx in YT for u man
    finaly we get one have true content
    thx man

  • @matthewalves3855
    @matthewalves3855 Год назад

    Commenting, Subing and dropping a like because after hours of watching other peoples videos this is the ONLY ONE that actually helped me get the job done. THANK YOU!

    • @Robtech
      @Robtech  Год назад

      Thank. Just a head ups my tutorial channel is now here: ruclips.net/channel/UCzC23rDo1tEBgvv6V9l66TA

  • @techh8662
    @techh8662 Год назад

    and then you have the rest of the internet telling you, you have to buy a freaking app to delete everything on the drive and reset it. this guy is a life saver.

  • @farzadhamid7357
    @farzadhamid7357 8 месяцев назад

    You are the man. Thanks a lot. My computer did not even want to install anything in this drive even my bios setup did not work. How clever of you. Saved me🥰

  • @CaptianGamerDude
    @CaptianGamerDude Год назад

    MY DISK IS BEING READ AGAIN THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH I AM NOT GIVING A SHIT BUT I AM SUBSCRIBING TO YOU WHATSOEVER YOU ARE A LEGEND

  • @starless9
    @starless9 Год назад

    big ups! I copied an SSD to a larger SSD and had to clean the old one before sale. Turns out the SSD was secured by a bitlocker recovery key that I wasn't able to match.
    This allowed the clean of the disk without the bitlocker recovery key.

  • @rodrigoclonts2322
    @rodrigoclonts2322 10 месяцев назад

    “Thank you I love you” is what I screamed at my phone. This tea helped me 😊

  • @HashTagHell
    @HashTagHell Месяц назад

    Thank you. Right to the point. Easy to follow instructions.

  • @gustavorueda7404
    @gustavorueda7404 2 года назад +1

    Easy. Straightforward. Thank you very much.

  • @leonlewis9551
    @leonlewis9551 Год назад

    Easy, quick and effective all you need to know for deleting anything from your drive

  • @ShakeyFunnyAzz
    @ShakeyFunnyAzz Год назад +1

    thank you so muchhh yu the best !!!!

  • @pedro.nasaES
    @pedro.nasaES 2 года назад +2

    Perfect :) Thanks from Spain

  • @2000barrie
    @2000barrie Год назад +1

    Great video! I wanted to clean and format my gaming SSD drive to start fresh on some modded games. This was the best and easiest explanation, without having to download some dubious third party software, to help get it done. Thank you!

    • @Robtech
      @Robtech  Год назад +3

      Just a heads up. My tutorial videos have been moved to a new channel here: www.youtube.com/@123techtutorials/featured

  • @P.A.T.
    @P.A.T. 2 года назад +1

    Thank you very much for this short/simple/exact tutorial! Congratulations!

  • @ShlokDasProductions
    @ShlokDasProductions 10 месяцев назад

    One of the best and quickest tutorials ever !!! Thanks So much

  • @benbradstock183
    @benbradstock183 2 года назад

    By far the fastest and easiest method of doing this, thanks a lot dude

  • @franchisethebull
    @franchisethebull 2 года назад

    Thought I bricked my Western Digital SSD with a failed attempt at a backup using Macrium Reflect. Thank you for the quick and informative video good sir

  • @bjt7419
    @bjt7419 2 года назад

    The only easy to follow and effective video I found on youtube. Thank you!!

  • @Zomni_Z
    @Zomni_Z 2 года назад +1

    So damn simple. Took way too long to find this. Thanks a million!

  • @valynor
    @valynor 2 года назад +11

    Do note that this does NOT delete all data, it just removes all indexes/tables that tell the OS where the data is/was. The data is still on the drive and can be restored with sufficient effort.

    • @jojo4565
      @jojo4565 2 года назад

      so how do I wipe it completely or should I even? I want to start it up as a new m.2 drive

    • @valynor
      @valynor 2 года назад

      @@jojo4565 research if the manufacturer of your SSD has to tool that lets you erase it securely. or just format and keep using it. really depends on your threat model.

    • @keekz5306
      @keekz5306 9 месяцев назад

      Do we still get the full space of the said hard drive once we complete the tasks shown in the video?

  • @Rajvir57
    @Rajvir57 Год назад +2

    Very helpful guide. Simple and straight to the point!

  • @aswedishkid2492
    @aswedishkid2492 10 месяцев назад

    OOOOHHHH MYYY GOD I cannot describe with words how happy I am, you literally saved my pc!!!!!

  • @DenZenMedia
    @DenZenMedia 2 года назад

    Thank you! This was easy, I spent half day figuring it out

  • @ravienglanida9808
    @ravienglanida9808 2 года назад

    Thank you so much I had been panicking for 2 days because of disk and windows software problems thank you

  • @epikmero
    @epikmero 8 месяцев назад

    this video is so strait forward very well spoken 10/10 video thank you

  • @dagmariussteide6172
    @dagmariussteide6172 Год назад

    I will say the same as the last guy, i never leave a comment for anything, but thank you so much for this extremely easy tutorial that actually works! Saved me such an amount of time, thanks a bunch =)

  • @daanyaallawn2669
    @daanyaallawn2669 2 года назад

    As a PC noob this video really helped alot with clearing my SSD of unwanted partitions

  • @hannanfuadgamersindonesia6153
    @hannanfuadgamersindonesia6153 Год назад

    wow thanks bro bery helpful for me when fix broken ssd because I wanted to split the partition from 2 to 3 using an application that I forgot what it was called and yes now the SSD can be used again

  • @user-dn4ok9gn5b
    @user-dn4ok9gn5b 5 месяцев назад

    you are a life saver, i was about to throw away this old drive of mine annd now it works fine. thanks!

  • @ayatosupremacy5547
    @ayatosupremacy5547 2 месяца назад

    I was having problem with a game on an external drive and couldn't properly uninstall it so I decided to just clear the whole drive. I did uninstall other games I play too but oh well, time to reinstall. Thank you for the tut

  • @rio0012356
    @rio0012356 2 месяца назад

    Thanks man you saved me from over thinking hahaha

  • @-someone-.
    @-someone-. 2 года назад +1

    Simple cmd lines... thx for this👊

  • @redrubyluke9739
    @redrubyluke9739 Год назад

    very good tutorial, almost gave up and bought a new drive

  • @hoggzilla401
    @hoggzilla401 2 года назад

    bro!! best walk through on RUclips, these other goons go off into left field about everything

  • @pepeeltoro1984
    @pepeeltoro1984 Год назад

    Thanks a lot mate! I was nearly about to bang my head on the wall till I found your video. Saved me a good amount of time. 👍

    • @Robtech
      @Robtech  Год назад

      Glad to hear it. Thank you!

  • @apexgamersarath
    @apexgamersarath 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much. i was able to clean my old ssd and now I keep it as backup storage

  • @avegetableplot
    @avegetableplot 10 месяцев назад

    Excellent video. Easy to follow and no fluff or waffle. Thank you

  • @nighthawk2174
    @nighthawk2174 Год назад +1

    Simple and to the point thank you!

  • @Ka1reach
    @Ka1reach 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you so much man, I was experimenting with Kali Linux (first time installing it) and I got some errors and after consulting people in their discord I understood that I better install a new one and I decided to remove the old one and just deleted the partition and then it kinda messed up the disk, maybe it wasn't that bad but I still felt like something was wrong, I couldn't extend it back to its initial capacity and I was looking for a way to restore the disk back to its initial capacity, and I found your video, thanks!!

  • @realusernome
    @realusernome 2 месяца назад

    My man i'm a new sub thanks to the video been trying this for 2 months thank you for the tips

  • @jesseslack2089
    @jesseslack2089 Год назад

    Again I had this problem. Thankyou so much!!

  • @Davethreshold
    @Davethreshold 2 года назад +1

    Thank you! Should I do this with a Solid State drive that I want to wipe? It has a few partitions on it, and one is set to DYNAMIC drive.

  • @Pharadeon
    @Pharadeon Год назад

    I was searching so long for this... thanks man

  • @NorseWeiss
    @NorseWeiss 2 года назад

    THANK YOU!!! You just saved me from throwing a 3TB storage out of the window.