Drive no longer accessible? Use DiskPart to fix it on Windows 10

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If your computer has a drive issue, it could just be a logical problem, which you can quickly fix using DiskPart — Here's how to use the tool on Windows 10.
On Windows 10, when you have external storage (such as a USB flash drive, removable hard drive, or SD card) that stops working as a result of data corruption or another problem, you can use DiskPart to erase everything and start fresh with a clean partition.
DiskPart is command tool that has been around even before Windows 10, and it allows you to use Command Prompt to manage drives, partitions, and volumes when other tools like Disk Management and Format won't work to fix the problem.

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