to format the hard disk go to My computer perform right click go to manage will open the window computer Management->storage->Disk Management(local)
select the disk drive right click and once again click onto the format button see to that the file system should be in NTFS format
you can't format the drive that you're running windows from while in windows. use the setup disk to run a recovery console and you should be able to format it from there using format c:
Depending on the format of the disk - A disk-drive, CD-ROM drive or DVD drive.
For any disk OTHER THAN THE ONE YOU BOOT FROM, simply open a command prompt and type: format d: (where "d" is the designator of the disk that you want to format) OR open windows explorer, select "my computer" then right click on the drive you want to format (again, it can't be the disk you boot from" If you want to format your C drive you'll need to boot from some other medium, such as the installation disk or a floppy.
Insert the RW-CD in the drive and right click on the cd drive and select the option as format disk
format /c followed by the name of the drive you want to format.
you can format your drive from DOS, but once you do that you wont have an operating system and your computer will be useless.
Insert it into the drive - the computer will recognise the disk and offer you the best option to format it.
Boot from something else (CD, floppy...) then rather than let it go into installation mode, just format. Not all bootable CD's and floppies will have format on them, so you'll need the right disk. The point being, you can't format your boot disk, so if you're booting from C:, you won't be able to format it.
If you have a PC running Windows XP or 98 have a look at the following link: http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm I have had sucess with method 2 and 4. If you need to format the USB flash drive from a PC running DOS I can not help.
To format a drive that is currently in use, you need to first ensure that no files or applications are actively utilizing it. This often requires closing all programs that may access the drive and, if necessary, unmounting it. For system drives, you may need to boot from a recovery disk or use a live USB with a disk management tool to format the drive safely. Alternatively, you can use the Disk Management utility in Windows or Disk Utility on macOS to format non-system drives while they are in use.
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In the Applications folder is a folder called Utilities. In the Utilities folder is Disk Utility. Disk Utility will Erase / Partition / Format a hard drive.