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What is hard disk formatting?

Hard disk formatting means preparing new space for data storage. This is by creating tracks and sectors in the disk.


True statement about formatting a floppy disk for the first time?

Formatting prepares a floppy disk to store data


Formatting divides a disk into what?

it does not divide a disk by necessity. you can chose, when formatting, to divide the disk into partitions, but this is not necessary. default is that you have no partitions (which is technically the same as 1 partition).


What is the process of preparing a disk for use an creates tracks and sectors is called?

This is called "Disk Formatting" "Formatting"


What is .udf?

Universal Disk Formatting


What term is used in preparing and organizing a disk before information can be stored on it?

Formatting. This process divides the disk up into areas which can store information.


Can you format a disk in Disk Defragmenter?

No diskdefragmenter cannot be used to format a partion. It is used to make all the files to get fragmented. Formatting of partition can be done by using disk management option in the computer management


What is the s switch used for with the format command the v switch?

s switch stores the system file on a disk after formatting. v switch allows to enter a volume label once when formatting several disks.


What is the process that marks the location of tracks and sectors on a disk?

A low-level format is the process that marks the location of tracks and sectors on a disk. A disk cannot be partitioned or formatted until a low-level format is completed.


What is the difference between deleting the data from a floppy disk and formatting the disk?

When you delete a file on a filesystem all that is really done is that the disk "forgets" where the data is stored. It remains on the disk until it is overwritten. Formatting is a more technical term than most people understand. A common misconception is that formatting is simply deleting all data on a disc. In fact formatting is more of a "reconfiguration" of the disk. Formatting is the process where a system of data storage is applied to the disk. As a bi-product of this the system which remembered the layout of the origonal data is replaced and therefore the data inaccessible. It is however a common feature of most formatting tools to physically destroy the data as part of the formatting process.


What is the process of dividing a disk into tracks and sectors so data and information can be stored on it?

formatting


Is backup the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors?

No, backup is most certainly not that. Formatting is the process fo dividing the disk into tracks and Sectors.