The best allocation size based on the size of the hard drive will be chosen. It's not at all common to set a custom allocation unit size when formatting a hard drive in Windows. Next is the Perform a quick format checkbox. Windows will check this box by default, suggesting that you do a "quick format" but we recommend that you uncheck this box so that a "standard format" is performed.
In a standard format , each individual "part" of the hard drive, called a sector, is checked for errors and overwritten with a zero—a sometimes painfully slow process. This procedure ensures that the hard drive is physically working as expected, that each sector is a reliable place to store data, and that existing data is unrecoverable.
In a quick format , this bad sector search and basic data sanitization is skipped entirely and Windows assumes that the hard drive is free of errors. A quick format is very fast. You, of course, can do whatever you like—either method will get the drive formatted. However, especially for older and brand new drives, we'd prefer to take our time and do the error checking right now instead of letting our important data do the testing for us later on.
The data sanitization aspect of a full format is nice, too, if you're planning on selling or disposing of this drive. The final format option is the Enable file and folder compression setting that is unchecked by default, which we recommend sticking with. The file and folder compression feature allows you to choose files or folders to be compressed and decompressed on the fly, potentially offering considerable savings on hard drive space.
The downside here is that performance can be equally affected, making your day-to-day Windows use much slower than it would be without compression enabled. File and folder compression has little use in today's world of very large and very inexpensive hard drives. In all but the rarest occasions, a modern computer with a large hard drive is better off protecting all the processing power it can and skipping on the hard drive space savings.
Review the settings you've made in the last several steps and then click OK. As a reminder, here's what you should see:. Look back at whatever previous steps you need to if you're wondering why these are the best options.
Windows is usually pretty good about warning you before you might do something damaging, and a hard drive format is no exception. Click OK to the warning message about formatting the drive. Just as the warning says, all the information on this drive will be erased if you click OK. You can't cancel the format process halfway through and expect to have half of your data back. As soon as this starts, there's no going back.
There's no reason for this to be scary but we do want you to understand the finality of a format. The hard drive format has begun! If you chose a quick format , your hard drive should only take several seconds to format. If you chose the standard format , which we suggested, the time it takes the drive to format will depend almost completely on the size of the drive.
A small drive will take a small amount of time to format and a very large drive will take a very long time to format. Your hard drive's speed, as well as your overall computer's speed, play some part but the size is the biggest variable.
There's a little overhead involved so don't worry if your drive isn't completely empty. That's it! Your hard drive has been formatted and it's ready for use in Windows. You can use the new drive however you want—back up files, store music, and videos, etc. If you'd like to change the drive letter assigned to this drive, now is the best time to do that. When you format a drive in Windows, data may or may not truly be erased.
Users who wish to keep data and information that is locally stored should first use a backup utility that will save their digital content in the cloud or in offline storage media. The CD offers point-and-click prompts that guide users through the formatting and installation process.
Once Disk Management is open, users must select the drive that is to be formatted; oftentimes the drive that is labeled C: cannot be formatted in this fashion because that is where Windows XP is installed.
Users have to acknowledge that all data will be lost after clicking OK twice. How long the process will take will depend on the size of the disk. The same goes for users who wish to install a different operating system on their old machines; they should use installation CDs or USB flash drives.
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You will see the message Press any key to boot from CD. Press a key on your keyboard to start the setup program. The setup program may take a few minutes to load. Once the setup program finishes loading, press Enter to get started.
Agree to the license agreement. You will be shown the Windows XP license agreement. Since you're only uninstalling Windows XP, you don't need to worry about reading it. Press F8 to move on. Delete the Windows partition. You will be shown a list of all the partitions on your computer.
Highlight your Windows partition, which is also the C: drive. Press D to delete the selected partition. This will delete all of the data on this partition, so make sure you have everything you want saved first. Format the partition. Once the Windows partition has been deleted, you can format the unpartitioned space. This will happen automatically if you install a new operating system, or you can manually format by selecting the unpartitioned space and pressing C.
You will need to specify the size of the partition, the drive letter you want to assign, and the file system format. In nearly all cases, you'll want to choose NTFS as the file-system.
Avoid choosing a quick format, as this will not fix any errors you might be experiencing with the drive. Install your new operating system. Once you've formatted your C: drive, you will need to install a new operating system in order to use your computer. Go to the Microsoft website. Check in the software, products, OS. Yes No. Not Helpful 6 Helpful 4. Back up your files My Documents, My Pictures, etc.
Not Helpful 3 Helpful 2. After the format is complete, you don't have to restart the computer. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. When I press the format command, it comes back asking me to close a running program, but nothing is open.
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