Format Drive From — Bios
A USB drive (or CD) and the DBAN ISO.
Not the old Legacy BIOS from 2005, not the modern UEFI BIOS on your 2024 gaming laptop. Formatting is a data management operation, and the BIOS is strictly a hardware initialization and boot management tool. It has no concept of file systems (NTFS, FAT32, exFAT), no knowledge of partition tables, and certainly no interest in erasing your family photos. format drive from bios
A blank 8GB+ USB drive and access to another Windows PC to create the installer (using Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool or a direct ISO). A USB drive (or CD) and the DBAN ISO