Help! Can’t Format My Disk and Think I Might Have a Virus

If you're still having trouble formatting your disk, you might want to try using diskpart again. First, clean the disk, then create a new partition and format it. If that doesn’t work, consider creating a live disk with GParted to manage your partitions more effectively. And if you're worried about a virus, it's probably on your C drive. A clean install of Windows might be necessary to ensure it's fully removed.

It sounds like you actually achieved what you wanted by erasing the D drive, but you took a more complicated route. The original format issue and the noises from your laptop likely indicate that your hard drive is failing, not necessarily that there's a virus. When you used 'diskpart clean', you wiped the partition table, which is why the drive 'disappeared'. When you created a new volume, you were essentially rebuilding it, which involved formatting. Just a heads-up, though—don't rely on that drive for important data anymore!

In diskpart, after you select the D drive, try using the command > clean all > and then create a primary partition. After that, you should be able to format it through disk management.