It is the
process of preparing a data storage device such as HDD, SSD, Floppy disk or USB
for initial use, This so that it you can store information on it.
Pros:
1. Formatting
removes bad programs and sophisticated viruses
2. After
Formatting your partition will become clean and your system is ready for new
programs
3. Scan and
Repair bad sectors( Full Format)
Cons
1.Formatting
your windows will gives you lesser chance to backup necessary file.
2. The programs
that you have installed will be deleted and you have to reinstall it again as
you wish.
3. Formatting
will take enough time to finish. After installing OS around 40 minutes you need
to install all the drivers and necessary programs that sometimes will take up 2
to 3 or defending on the number of programs you are going to install.
4. Formatting
Windows requires preparation for the tools you are going to use.( see what to prepare
for Formatting Windows)
5. According to
experts, always formatting your Hard Disk is not ideal because it can cause
gradual damage to your Hard Disk or may reduce the lifetime.
Formatting a
disk for use by an operating system and its applications typically involves
three different processes.
1.Low-level
formatting (i.e., closest to the hardware) marks the surfaces of the disks with
markers indicating the start of a recording.
2.Partitioning
divides a disk into one or more regions, writing data structures to the disk to
indicate the beginning and end of the regions. This level of formatting often
includes checking for defective tracks or defective sectors.
3.High-level
formatting creates the file system format within a disk partition or a logical
volume. This formatting includes the data structures used by the OS to identify
the logical drive or partition's contents. This may occur during operating
system installation, or when adding a new disk. Disk and distributed file
system may specify an optional boot block, and/or various volume and directory
information for the operating system.
