Is it too long or is it my idea? Is there a faster way to format the drive instead of the typical windows way(right-click on the drive in my computer-properties, format)? Thanks in advance!'Īlso read: SSD Taking a Long Time to Boot in Windows 11/10 How Long Does It Take to Format a Hard Drive After 2,5 hours of waiting to be formated (not the quick format), I canceled the procedure. Is there a faster way to format the drive instead of the typical Windows way?'Ĭase 2 - 'Hi, I have a hard drive (an HGST 500gb with 7200RPM) connected with a SATA to USB cable. How long does it take to format a 500GB hard drive? It seems that my hard drive takes forever to format. Full stepsĬase 1 - 'Hi, I got stuck at formatting a 500GB Seagate external hard drive in Windows 11/10 and need your help. Right-click the disk that you want to check. Full stepsĭownload EaseUS Partition Master and install it. Use a proper USB cable for connection would help get rid of the formatting. On EaseUS Partition Master, right-click on the hard drive partition which you want to delete.
Connect the drive if it's an external one to the computer where EaseUS Partition Master.
