Formatting your hard drive is an important step in setting up your computer. It clears all the data off the disk so that you can start fresh. DiskPart is a powerful command-line tool that allows you ...

Ubuntu can format hard drive partitions with the FAT16 file system, used by older operating systems such as Microsoft DOS and Windows 95. Some older devices may also require a hard drive partition ...

Ok I have 2 firewire Maxtor hard drives. One is a 120GB 5000DV and the other is a 200GB 5000DV. The 200Gb is the new one. The formatting on the 120 is MAC OS Standard. And the formatting on the new ...

I'm trying to reformat my hard drive (only have one) and it won't let me b/c the os is on the hard drive. I tried creating a start-up disk with Windows XP so that I could boot to DOS and format from a ...

Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.