Hard Disk Formatting – How do you Format a Hard Drive ?

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Hard Disk Formatting How do you Format a Hard Drive A friend of mine, Tanmoy was asking, “I want to format a sata HDD (Asus mb) without a floppy disk drive”.
So I thought writing a post would be better. Formatting a hard drive is a basic task in working with computers and something everyone who does more than type on a keyboard should know how to do.

Formatting a hard drive is not complicated, but it should be done with caution because there’s the potential of losing a lot of data if you’re not careful.

There a many ways to format your Hard Disk. I will Discuss 3 easy ones of them which I generally Use.

Type 1 – Formatting a Hard Drive Partition from the My Computer Interface

Steps :

Go to My Computer
Right Click on a Hard Drive ( see pic )
Click on “Format…”
Follow the Instructions.

Ps: Note you wont be able to Format C:/ Drive (or the system drive i.e., where window is installed)

Type 2 – Formatting a Hard Drive using Windows CD while Re-installing or Repairing Windows

Steps :

Insert your Windows CD in the Optical Drive (CD/DVD)
Restart your PC
Wait for the option “Press any key to Boot form CD…” . Then press any key.
Now this Screen Will Come. Press Enter.
Now Wait for this Screen
Delete all the Partitions
Now Press C to Create a New Partition.
Set the Size according to your needs. For eg. if you have 80GB HDD and you want 4 Drives. Create the 1st partition with 20000MB (20000MB=20GB).
Similarly Create the Rest of the Drive Partitions This Way.
Now, Select the Drive you Want to Install Windows in and Press Enter to continue Installation.
And, after 30 mins of Installation your PC will seem as New One.
Don’t Forget to Install the Drivers for your Hardware.

Type 3 – Expert Easy way to Formatting a Hard Drive ( I used this previously )

Steps :

Since, Learning & Experiance in better than Implementation
Call your Friend who knows how to do Step 2 .
See what he is doing to gain knoledge out of it. So that you can use it next time.

Lastly,

Video Explanation of the Whole of the Process of Hard Drive Formatting.

If you have any other queries or Suggestion … DO comment Below.

Also Read : 6 Easy Ways to Optimize/Boost your PC Performance