FORMAT C: Format your harddisk (HDD)

With formatting, all the data on your chosen harddisk (HDD), floppydisk or other memorydisk will be deleted, without the option of retrieving it again.

Formatting the disk is a good option, when you want to have a clean new install on your pc, want to have all the old programs completely new or to delete all data completely.



Harddisks that don't have any operating system on them, but only have data on them, can be formatted just like floppy disks or other memorydisks, directly under windows. To do this, select the chosen harddisk under windows explorer, rightmouseclick and choose "format".

Format a harddrive with operating system

The harddisk that contains an operating system cannot be formatted as easy as normal memorydisks. To do this, you need at older windows versions a Boot-disk, for actual systems the windows installation disk.

Format Windows XP: read it here




At Windows 95 and 98 systems, you can choose for the option "startup with cd-rom", when you put in the installation cd or boot-disk. After loading the disk, the DOS console will come with "a:\". Now you will have to give in the command: FORMAT C:, so the harddisk C will be formatted. The Windows system is always installed on disk C:\.