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Select the SD card using “ select disk #” where # is the number of your SD card.

List the connected disks by typing “ list disk“.

It’ll be ready to flash whatever OS you want to it, or use for any other purpose. At the end of this guide you’ll have a fully functional SD card that Windows can read. You will need to use the command line, but it’s nothing to be afraid of. DiskPart is built in to Windows and can do this for you. Actually though it’s not necessary to install anything. I often see people recommending third party programs to reclaim and reformat those partitions in Windows.

In this guide we’ll have a look at how to format an SD card with Linux partitions in Windows using DiskPart. This means that when you insert the card into your PC it shows as two or 3 different drives. The Linux based operating systems such as EmuELEC, Batocera, ArkOS, Retro Arena, 351 ELEC etc all create partitions on your SD card when flashed. If you’re wanting to completely wipe your microSD card so that you can flash a new OS to it, it’s not quite as easy as inserting the card into your Windows PC and formatting it.