Or does it just erase the files. If i format it what am i left with if anything?
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Yes Tom it will leave your drive with no visible data on any drive or partition of any drive you format.
You can not format your System drive (the one with Windows on it) from with-in Windows, but you can format any others that are there.
You will have to either run the Recovery Partition system if your PC or Laptop has one to clear what is on the C: (Windows) partition, and it does this by formatting first then over writing the data.
Comment by ebox1349 — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Simple answer: Yes. If you format the hard drive, you will have an empty drive that doesn’t have the operating system on it. You would then not be able to boot the computer from the hard drive.
More complex answer: Formatting initializes file system areas, but doesn’t overwrite user data areas. After formatting, most of the data will still be on the disk. This data can be accessed by programs that bypass the normal operating calls to the file system, and issue direct BIOS calls.
This makes it possible to recover data from formatted disks. Sometimes, it is even possible to “unformat” the disk.
Comment by Jogger24 — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
it depends on what u are formatting, if u are formating a partition in ur PC then it wont delete ur operating system if ur are not formating to drive which has ur operating system is in (Default is ur C:/ drive) but if u are formatting ur whole Hard Disk, EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING will be deleted, Be careful and gud luck.
Comment by killerk9 — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
You lose everything on your disk, if you want to keep just your operating system boot your computer with the disk inside and boot from CD. Then select format then install the operating system, whole process takes about half hour to an hour. Hope I helped.
Regards,
Jay
Comment by J Computer Repairs. — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Formatting the hard drive will remove all files, including the operating system.
Comment by iwahoshi — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
It erases everything. You are left with nothing but a disk that is ready to have an operating system, and files, written to it.
Comment by prr — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Formatting doesn’t erase anything. It simply rewrites the File allocation table. Everything seems to disappear, but all the data is still on the surface of the disk.
Comment by Robert D — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
if you format your primary partition you will lose everything on the primary partition.
usually when ppl talk about formatting they mean the whole disk so yes if you format your os will be gone along with ur files.
Comment by character education — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
formatting will erase everything from the drive that u have formatted..
if the os is in that drive it will also be erased
Comment by wholesale swarovski crystals — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
it will delete everything what a format does is rebuild the file system so anything on the disk will be erased o/s included
Comment by Best Smartphone Software — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Yes you will be left with nothing.
Comment by taxed till i die,and then some. — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
Depends if your OS is on a separate partition.
Comment by stainless steven — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am
yes.
Comment by Adnan Sallam — November 23, 2009 @ 10:04 am