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When you are prepared to lose every piece of information on the disk. When the disk is not formatted. When you want to switch to or from a disk that is formatted for a Macintosh computer. Etc.

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

This is called "Disk Formatting" "Formatting"


What does a person use disk formating for?

It's use to erase and clean all files on the disk removing viruses and unnecessary files. Use also to install new Operating system to the disk if disk in particular is use on a computer system.


When does a person use disk formatting?

When they need to edit something off of a document. Such as Windows XP.


What is the difference between partitioning and formatting?

disk partitioning is the act of dividing a hard disk into multiple logical storage units referred to mas part ions to treat one disk as if it were multiple disks. disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage disk for initial use.


How do you prepare startup disk?

You must prepare an HD for the OS you are going to load on to it. This preparation is called formatting. Depending on the OS, you must use the correct formatting.


What is the process by which sector markings are defined on a hard disk known as?

The process by which sector markings are defined on a hard disk is known as "low-level formatting." During this process, the disk is divided into sectors and tracks, establishing a structure for data storage. Low-level formatting creates the necessary markers that allow the disk's read/write heads to locate and access data efficiently. This step is typically performed by the manufacturer, and users usually interact with higher-level formatting when preparing a disk for use.


How to partition the hard drive of Mac Pro with mountain lion os x?

Use Disk Utility to format or partition hard drives. You should back up the drive before formatting or partitioning.


Can you return the information on the c after formatting the c?

If you already formatted the disk and want to return information from the disk and didn't make a backup. No, you cannot return that information. You can try to use special software but you installed OS on that disk there is no way how you can do that.


What does disk formating do?

Disk formatting is the process of preparing a hard disk or other storage medium for use, including setting up an empty file system. A variety of utilities and programs exist for this task. Large disks can be partitioned, that is, divided into distinct sections that are each formatted with their own file systems. This is normally only done on hard disks because of the small sizes of other disk types, as well as compatibility issues.


Does a conditional format in Excel make negative numbers red and positive numbers black?

Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.Not necessarily. You can use one of the standard formatting options to that. There would be no need to use Conditional Formatting. You can get Conditional Formatting to do it, but you can use it do change positive and negative numbers to whatever colours you want or apply other formatting to them.


What is the difference between low level formatting and high level formatting?

Low-Level formatting is used to outline areas (tracks and sectors) on the hard drive so physically the hard drive is ready to be used. So low level formatting is so called "PHYSICAL Formatting" which means all of your old data are physically wiped out and create a new structure on your disk. So when you add new data, it just add into your empty disk. High level formatting is so called "LOGICAL Formatting" which means that all the old data in your disk will not be completely erased (they are still in your disk) but the access path to those data has been wiped out. So you cannot access those data anymore (e.g. access path is like your address book. when you lost the address book, you won't know where your friends stay and can't contact them (same analogy)) However, your disk will show as empty. Okay, again when you want to store new data in your disk, it will create new access path and replace old data with your newly stored data. This formatting changes the file system on the hard drive so the Operating System that you use can write and save data to the hard drive.:)


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