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 Right click on the Windows Button and Left Click on Run. Right click on the Windows Button and Left Click on Run.
  
-Type DiskPart in the text input line and press enter.+Type DiskPart in the text input line and press enter.  Next to the DISKPART> prompt, enter the following commands.  Make sure to select he proper drive # that you want to "CLEAN" (that is, to reset to factory).  If you select the wrong disk, like the Disk C:> where the operating system is installed, you will likely DELETE YOUR WINDOWS O/S. 
  
 <code> <code>
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 * Disk 1    Online           15 TB    15 TB * Disk 1    Online           15 TB    15 TB
  
-DISKPART>+DISKPART> Exit
  
 </code> </code>
 +
 +Now you can use Windows Disk Management Snap-in to initialize the disk, partition it, and format it.
 +
 +WELL MAYBE NOT!
 +
 +You may need to do more to separately delete each of the two partitions on disk 1, including using the "override" parameter to delete any protected partitions, and then clean the entire selected disk again.  Thereafter, if you list partition on the selected disk, there will be none listed.  Try to follow what I did as follows:
 +
 +<code>
 +Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636
 +
 +Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
 +On computer: DESKTOP-EI33F04
 +
 +DISKPART> list disk
 +
 +  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
 +  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
 +  Disk 0    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB
 +  Disk 1    Online           15 TB      0 B        *
 +
 +DISKPART> select disk 1
 +
 +Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
 +  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
 +  Partition 1    Reserved            15 MB    24 KB
 +  Partition 2    Primary             15 TB    16 MB
 +
 +DISKPART> select partition 2
 +
 +Partition 2 is now the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
 +  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
 +  Partition 1    Reserved            15 MB    24 KB
 +* Partition 2    Primary             15 TB    16 MB
 +
 +DISKPART> select partition 2
 +
 +Partition 2 is now the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> delete partition
 +
 +DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> select partition 1
 +
 +Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
 +  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
 +* Partition 1    Reserved            15 MB    24 KB
 +  Partition 2    Primary             15 TB    16 MB
 +
 +DISKPART> delete partition
 +
 +Virtual Disk Service error:
 +Cannot delete a protected partition without the force protected parameter set.
 +
 +
 +DISKPART> select partition 1
 +
 +Partition 1 is now the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
 +  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
 +* Partition 1    Reserved            15 MB    24 KB
 +  Partition 2    Primary             15 TB    16 MB
 +
 +DISKPART> delete partition override
 +
 +DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
 +  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
 +  Partition 1    Reserved            15 MB    24 KB
 +  Partition 2    Primary             15 TB    16 MB
 +
 +DISKPART> list disk
 +
 +  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
 +  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
 +  Disk 0    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB
 +* Disk 1    Online           15 TB      0 B        *
 +
 +DISKPART> select disk 1
 +
 +Disk 1 is now the selected disk.
 +
 +DISKPART> clean
 +
 +DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk.
 +
 +DISKPART> list disk
 +
 +  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
 +  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
 +  Disk 0    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB
 +* Disk 1    Online           15 TB    15 TB
 +
 +DISKPART> list partition
 +
 +There are no partitions on this disk to show.
 +
 +DISKPART>
 +</code> 
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