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morris · 11-18-2008, 09:42 AM

Hi RetiredVOMA

Reformatting a hard drive is not computer specific.
Reformatting a hard drive simply sets up a 'file system' on a drive partition
making it ready for installing an operating system or other uses.
File system examples: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, LINUX, Extended, etc...
Be warned that by reformatting you will lose any data stored on that partition.

For explicit instructions, what do you wish to do after reformatting?

11-18-2008, 09:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
morris Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: alabama, US Posts: 37 OS: XP/Windows 7 RC1	Re: Dell Dimension 4700 reformat instructions Hi RetiredVOMA Reformatting a hard drive is not computer specific. Reformatting a hard drive simply sets up a 'file system' on a drive partition making it ready for installing an operating system or other uses. File system examples: FAT, FAT32, NTFS, LINUX, Extended, etc... Be warned that by reformatting you will lose any data stored on that partition. For explicit instructions, what do you wish to do after reformatting?