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[[!meta title="Resetting a USB stick using Windows"]]
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<p><b>You might overwrite any hard disk on the computer.</b></p>
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<p>If at some point you are not sure about which device to choose, stop proceeding.</p>
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Erase Tails from the USB stick
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First, erase Tails from the USB stick:
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Make sure that the USB stick that you want to reset is unplugged.
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Open the **Start** ([[!img lib/start.png class="symbolic" link="no" alt=""]]) menu.
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Choose **Windows System**&nbsp;▸ **Command Prompt**.
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Execute the following command to start the *Diskpart* utility.
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<p class="command-windows">diskpart</p>
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Execute the following command to obtain information about the disks in the computer.
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<p class="command-windows">list disk</p>
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For example:
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Diskpart> list disk
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Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
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Disk 0 Online 80 GB 0 B
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Plug in the USB stick that you want to reset.
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Run the same command again.
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A new disk, which corresponds to the USB stick that you plugged in,
appears in the list.
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Diskpart> list disk
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Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
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Disk 0 Online 80 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 8 GB 0 B
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