How to reuse an old Linux Ext4 drive in Windows 10

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If you have a drive once used on Linux but wish to regain it for Windows 10, here's how to do it.
Which file system you have set up on your PC's drives isn't something many of us pay much attention to. In most cases, we'll be using NTFS, which is totally fine and works across different operating systems.
But if you've been using Linux on a drive it could well be formatted in the Ext4 file system, which will make it completely impossible to use with Windows 10.

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