You may want to format your hard drive if it contains outdated business files or communications. A system recovery disk contains your as-shipped operating system.

A quick format is much faster than a normal format, which fully erases any existing data on the hard disk. Click "Start" to start formatting the removable hard disk.

Before you begin, be sure to back up important files on the disk before you format. Use Disk Management To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management.

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