Can someone explain to me why I do both and fdisk and format each time I change OS on a hard drive? I can see having to create new partitions on a new drive, but if I already had a Win OS on a drive, ...

How do I format a hard drive? A computer hard drive stores your files, allowing you to access them at any time. The majority of the time, you want these files to remain stored properly and safely.

“Format” as a word in computers is very popular, and a well-known word among computer users. We all have done that, especially with USB drives. That said, what people are sometimes afraid of is when ...