How format a HDD that it write protected

[DeonH]

Good morning and thanks for the advice.
I need to delete partitions/format/initialise a HDD. I opened Windows' disk manager and tried to delete the four partitions on the 3TB HDD. When I tried to delete the volume, a message popped up saying that it is write protected.

I Googled how to it and got an article on Wondershare Recoverit's website that I need to use 'Diskpart' from Win-R or the command prompt. I just want to check in with you before I do it if it will work. When everything is done, I need a HDD that I can initialize with GPT and format with either NTFS for Windows-only use or exFAT for cross-platform compatibility.

Is it possible to format the drive without first deleting the partitions?

I will appreciate it should you have any additional advice.

 

[My_King]

Not sure if it will work or what was done with the drive.

But if you don't need anything on the disk, just do the Diskpart.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Good morning and thanks for the advice.
I need to delete partitions/format/initialise a HDD. I opened Windows' disk manager and tried to delete the four partitions on the 3TB HDD. When I tried to delete the volume, a message popped up saying that it is write protected.

I Googled how to it and got an article on Wondershare Recoverit's website that I need to use 'Diskpart' from Win-R or the command prompt. I just want to check in with you before I do it if it will work. When everything is done, I need a HDD that I can initialize with GPT and format with either NTFS for Windows-only use or exFAT for cross-platform compatibility.

Is it possible to format the drive without first deleting the partitions?

I will appreciate it should you have any additional advice.

With Windows this is a common issue.
Normally in this scenario I put the disk into an enclosure and use the tools in Linux