Before we begin, it’s important to know that formatting a drive will erase everything on it, so you’ll want to make sure that you back up or save anything that you don’t want to lose. After you’ve ...

If you’re installing a new hard drive, or need to wipe your drive clean for that “fresh” feeling, you’ll end up formatting your drive. Formatting will check the drive for errors, and prepare it for ...

In order to use a hard drive, or a portion of a hard drive, in Windows you need to first partition it and then format it. This process will then assign a drive letter to the partition allowing you to ...

In some cases, formatting your PC may be the last resort to remove viruses that can not be eradicated with existing antivirus programs. After reformatting, you can reinstall the operating system and ...

Formatting a hard drive is the best way to start from scratch on a geeky project. You’ll want to do it before you sell your machine, for sure, but it’s also one of the steps you take when you’re ...

Formatting your hard drive is very useful. It’s good for clearing everything off a secondary drive or when installing a new copy of Windows. Formatting is also good for cleaning up storage issues, ...

Mounting an external hard drive isn't as simple as plugging it in. We'll walk you through some decisions you need to make. Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful Colorado and has been covering ...

“Format” as a word in computers is very popular, and a well-known word among computer users. We all have done that, especially with USB drives. That said, what people are sometimes afraid of is when ...