Format Drive From Bios Page

A USB drive (or CD) and the DBAN ISO.

So, if the BIOS itself is useless for formatting, why does every search engine lead you to "format drive from BIOS"? Because the real solution is , and the BIOS is the gatekeeper that allows you to do that. The Workaround: Use the BIOS to Boot a Formatting Tool Think of the BIOS as a stadium usher. It can't clean the seats (format), but it can point you to the right entrance. Your job is to create a bootable USB drive or DVD containing a tool that can format, then configure the BIOS to boot from that device. format drive from bios

A small USB drive (256MB+), the GParted Live ISO file (free from gparted.org ), and a tool like Rufus (Windows) or BalenaEtcher (Mac/Linux) to write the ISO to the USB. A USB drive (or CD) and the DBAN ISO