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Several reasons the most common one would be to get more memory. Especially on some of the older computers that only come with 5 or less gigs of memory. I know I definatley need alot more than 5 gigs because that's not even enough to hold all of my music. Among others your hard drive may have broke and you don't want to buy an entire new computer when you can get a new decently large hard drive for less than 100 dollars.
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Where can one learn how to reformat a hard drive?
One can learn how to reformat a hard drive by visiting the step by step instructions on either the Windows or Apple computer site (depending on the hard drive maker).
When you connect an external hard drive to your computer will info already on the hard drive be erased?
Not unless you reformat the drive, although if the drive is a different format like a mac and you have a PC you might have to reformat the drive just to use it
When you reformat a mac hard drive in a PC does it stay as mac os?
When you reformat a hard drive you change it to whatever formatting you have selected and it will overwrite whatever format was used before.
Can you reformat your hard drive without logging on to windows?
yes
How do you get an old laptop to work?
You can try to reformat the hard drive
I need to clean hard drive on wondow vista?
reformat the computer.
How do you erase all data on a PS3?
Reformat hd. On the XMB go into the settings menu and you will find "Reformat hard drive".
How can you fix your PC that shows when turned on operating systems no foundi do not have boot disc and the recovery system won't work either?
Reformat the hard drive Reformat the hard drive
How do you safely reformat hard drive that currently has Windows Vista and Windows XP?
You cannot reformat a hard drive and keep operating system(s) untouched. The point of formatting is to erase all data. There is only one exception, you can reformat some partitions on your hard drive if you have any. If you want to keep your current operating system those partitions must not be system.
Do you lose everything in your apps when you reformat your mac?
Yes, when you "reformat" it erases the hard drive completely. It will be an empty drive, you will have to reinstall the OS from your disk/Apple internet or reinstall from a back-up after you do it.
What if your hard drive has 2 Window XP installed how do you remove one if both are in c drive?
you cant just remove one...you would have to reformat the whole hard drive, wipe it clean and then reinstall a fresh copy of windows...
Can I get my vista back after ubuntu 10.10 is installed?
Yes, you can. But you will have repartion and reformat the hard drive.
