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No. However, formatting a partition will effective erase everything from an existing partition.

Keep in mind that partitions are simply sections on a disk carved out to hold files, and they must be formatted before anything can be stored there. Re-formatting a partition simply wipes out the contents so you can start, which is probably what your questions refers to.

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