SuperDiskFormatter

Not only does Windows come with built-in utilities to make the formatting of external drives fairly easy, but the process itself is quite straightforward. Then again, given the plethora of manufacturers, interfaces and various compatibility aspects, sometimes you may need to rely on specialized tools to format drives and partitions.

SuperDiskFormatter is a lightweight tool that provides a simple way to format disks, change the file system, force dismount partitions and change the new volume label.

The app comes with a minimalistic and user-friendly interface that consists of a single window that packs all the options and features. Before you proceed to formatting, there are a few things that you need to specify, starting with the disk you want to process.

Upon selecting the disk, you can choose a new file system as the tool provides a few options in this sense, namely UDF, reFS, NTFS, exFAT and FAT32. In the eventuality that you are formatting a partition from the disk, then you should bear in mind that you can select a new volume label for it. Moreover, you can specify another allocation unit size than the one set as default as the app allows provides a wide range, from 512 to 64K.

if you simply need to erase all data from an external drive before adding new one, then you can mark the Quick Format box. Otherwise, the application proceeds and performs a regular formatting of the selected disk or partition. At the same time, the program enables you to remove a mounted drive if you no longer want to have separate drives via the force dismount options.

SuperDiskFormatter is a simple and straightforward tool that packs all the standard disk formatting options you need to manage volumes, disks and partitions.