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Technically, yes, but Windows itself prevents you from formatting the drive on which it's installed on. The best way to actually wipe the drive is to do so before the Operating System loads, ie, by booting from a CD (the Windows installation CD works wonderfully), or via software.

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Q: If you format Local Disk C will it delete EVERYTHING even the important files and folders the computer originally started with?
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