This document discusses different ways to format a disc or drive, including through Windows Explorer, Disk Management, and Command Prompt. It notes that formatting erases all existing data and recreates file system clusters. Drives can be formatted using either NTFS or FAT file systems and the quick format option is used for subsequent formats of the same drive. The document also briefly mentions that partitioning divides a hard disk into multiple logical drives of specified sizes.

1. Prepared by Prem Sahu
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2. Format
 Format means erase all the data from disc or drive and create new
cluster to store the data.
 We can format the drive or disc in NTFS(New technology File system)
and FAT (File Allocation Table) for Microsoft operating system
 Quick format is used when are formatting the same drive or disc for
second time or more.
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3. Different ways to format disc
 We can format the disc or drive in 4 different ways.
1. Open My Computer- Select the drive- Right click in drive- Format-
Select File system (NTFS/FAT)- Type Volume name( Not mandatory)-
Start
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4. Disc Management
2. My Computer- Right Click- Manage- Disc Management- Select the
drive- Right click in drive- Format- Select File system (NTFS/FAT)-
Type Volume label( Not mandatory)- OK
OR
Start- RUN- Type “diskmgmt.msc”
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5. Command Prompt
 Start- RUN- Type “CMD”
Or
 Start- All Programs- Accessories- Command Prompt
 Type Format drive letter(G: ) – Type Volume Name- Type Y for Yes
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6. Partition
 Partition means to divide the Hard disk in multiple
drive with specified size of drive or volume.
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7. Create, Delete or Modify partition
 We can create ,delete, or modify the partition as per
our requirement.
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