oxymoron, formatting a drive is erasing the data.
If it's not formatted FAT32 already, you will have to format it to FAT32 which erases the data on the drive.
Formatting destroys all data.
you would have to remove the harddrive which is actually very easy You CANNOT just transfer the hard drive. The ps3 will format the new hard drive therefore erasing all data on the drive.
Reset is going back to original manufacturer's setting of your phone while format is erasing whole data on your phone.
you can't...
Reformatting an iPod will erase all the data on the iPod. All your files should be held in your iTunes library so they can be returned to the iPod once it is reformatted.
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There are many ways to clean the data on a hard drive disk. These ways include erasing and formatting, data wiping aka data dump, and disk wiping stands.
Place the data disc in the hard drive, go to "my computer" select the hard drive, then right click with your mouse. You will see a number of options including "format". Click on format. Remember to have backed up all your data before formatting or it will be lost.
Unless you tell me the current format of your current data, your operating system, and something about your hard drive, I can not tell you how to transfer your data.
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