If you just built a PC, or added a brand new hard drive or SSD to an existing computer, you have to format it before you can actually store data on it. This is called 'initializing' the drive.

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You can format your external hard drive or USB drive using PowerShell. Follow this tutorial to change drive letter, create partition, etc.