So i quick or full format is only when installing a new HDD not for any maintanence?
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CountMike
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New HDD, if it doesn't come preformatted needs to be initialized which includes full formatting to file system(s) you need or want. May also include partitioning.
Even full format is not going to permanently erase files so if you need to make sure that everything is gone irretrievably, you would have to use some program to safe erase it.
Even full format is not going to permanently erase files so if you need to make sure that everything is gone irretrievably, you would have to use some program to safe erase it.
SuperSoph_WD
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Welcome to Tom's Hardware, @Dbl390!
@CountMike is right, in order to install a new hard drive in your system as a secondary storage, you should simply use the Disk Management in Windows to execute the needed procedures in order to access the free storage capacity of the drive.
As it was already mentioned, first you need to initialize your HDD and then you have to partition & format it.
Hope this helps you! Keep us posted if you have more questions!
SuperSoph_WD
@CountMike is right, in order to install a new hard drive in your system as a secondary storage, you should simply use the Disk Management in Windows to execute the needed procedures in order to access the free storage capacity of the drive.
As it was already mentioned, first you need to initialize your HDD and then you have to partition & format it.
Hope this helps you! Keep us posted if you have more questions!
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CountMike
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Just to add one more thing. If disk is to receive new OS there's always to do all (re)partitioning and (re)formatting during it's installation. Some Linux distros may require to set partitions and Grub placement and type manually but in Windows it's pretty straight forward.
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