How to reformat computer using an USB flash driver✅

in this article we gonna show you how to reformat computer or laptop using an USB flash driver.

Manuel method :

first of all we need to format the USB flash drive to erase any existing data on the drive. Click on the Start Button and then Computer to bring up your drives.

then check "quick format" and hit start

A note : if you have not installed windows on USB flash driver yet , then read this 👇

download windows 10 on USB flash driver

next process is to access BIOS :

usually, when we boot up a computer, it will automatically first boot up a utility which will check the hardware and then load necessary application software to the related devices to make the computer come to life. Typically, this privileged utility can be called BIOS, which is a firmware that attached to the motherboard of each computer by default. In BIOS, you can handle the hardware such as the hard disk, RAM, and graphic card, which will greatly affect your computer performance. So you should know how to boot to BIOS in different computers.

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Acer

Acer has different models of computers such as Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari,TravelMate, Altos. Here are some ways to boot to BIOS for them respectively.

Press Del or F2 immediately after powering on.

The Acer Veriton L480G uses F12.

The BIOS on the Acer Altos 600 server uses the Ctrl+Alt+Esc key and the F1 key for advanced options.

Older Acer computers may use also use the F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys to access BIOS.

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Compaq

Compaq owns Presario, Prolinea, Desk pro, System pro and Portable. And their ways to boot to BIOS are shown below.

Press F10 while the cursor in the top right corner of the screen is blinking.

Older Compaq computers may use the F1, F2, F10, or Del key to give access to BIOS.

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Dell

Dell is well known for being a worldwide computer manufacturer, it owns many sub- brandcomputers such as XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro.

Press F2 when the Dell logo appears. Press every few seconds until the message

Entering Setup appears.

Older Dell desktops and laptops may instead use Ctrl+Alt+Enter or Del to enter BIOS.

Older Dell laptops may use Fn+Esc or Fn+F1.

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Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the biggest personal computer manufacturer. It owns Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet. The ways for them to boot to BIOS are listed below.

Press the F1, F10, or F11 key after restarting the computer.

HP Tablet PCs may use F10 or F12.

Other HP computers may allow access to BIOS using the F2 or Esc keys.

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Samsung

Samsung is a famous manufacturer of computers. It has many computer products. And the way to boot to BIOS is shown below.

Press F2 to start the BIOS setup utility.

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Lenovo

Lenovo is also a worldwide famous technology company. ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series,

hinkCentre, ThinkStation are the sub-brands of it. There are under steps for them to boot to

BIOS.

Press F1 or F2 after powering on the computer.

Older Lenovo products allow access to BIOS using Ctrl+Alt+F3, Ctrl+Alt+Ins, or Fn+F1.

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ASUS

press Esc after restarting the computer

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in this article we gonna apply this on ASUS laptop. So once you get how to access BIOS for module of your computer ,let's restart it with USB flash driver plugged in .

Scroll down using arrow of keyboard and select Enter setup ☝

Here go to boot 👇

Boot configuration

-launch CSM [Enabled]

Boot options priorities

as you see in picture above ☝ [SanDisk] is on the 3rd options .( SanDisk is USB flash driver ) move [SanDisk] to first options using the instructions on the right of screen bellow .

And now Press F10 on the keyboard to save changes. > Save & Exit

Press F10 on the keyboard to save changes. As the computer restarts, click enter when asked to boot from a USB flash drive or wait until the flash drive loads automatically.

choose operating system you want and hit enter☝

install now

here enter a Product key if you have , if not just select i don't have a product key

select the operating system you want to install

Type of installation :

Custom : install windows only (Advanced)

here better to delete all drives but drive 0 partition 0 (System)

format drive 0 partition 0 to erase any existing data on the drive.

An important note you have to pay attention to : Once installation get finished windows needs to restart to continue , you must disconnect immediately USB flash driver from computer .

(In case you kept USB flash driver Connected , system will access automatically to USB and will ask you to set up the windows since beginning because in (boot options priorities) we have set up [Sandisk] on first option .