How to reformat harddrive vista

Formatting hard drive can be categorized into two types: Quick format and Regular format. Regular format : When you choose to run a regular format on a volume, files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors.

The scan for bad sectors is responsible to make you sure that your drive is in healthy mode or not. Quick format : If the quick format option is chosen, format process removes files from the partition, but does not scan the disk for bad sectors.

Only use this option if your hard disk has been previously formatted and you are sure that hard disk is not damaged. Before formatting of hard drive partitions process is carried out, it is important to first understand about partitions. Hard drive data storage can be divided into smaller sections or parts which is called partitions. Formatting or single partitions can be executed without affecting the other partition.

This can be useful in certain situations but what if you want to format the entire hard drive. Windows Vista, 7 and 8 have a built-in Disk management tool. Then select Storage, Disk Management and right click on the partition on the bottom of the page and select delete volume. The Print Screen on the right explains it easily. Once you have deleted the partition simply right click on the unallocated space and select new simple volume.

Follow the new simple volume wizard. Click here to view more reasons why NTFS is better. Fill in the volume label which is the name of the hard drive and continue to follow the prompts.

The computer will then format your hard drive. Depending on the size of your hard drive and whether you selected quick format or not, this could take a very long time or a shorter amount of time. Once it completes your hard drive is finished and ready to use. First Step: Preparation The first step in this how to format a hard drive tutorial is to prepare your hard drive for formation. Second Step: Delete Partition If your using Windows Vista, go start, control panel, administrative tools and then double click computer management.