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Back up your data. Although formatting your Windows
10 PC is super easy, the changes are permanent—you'll
be deleting all of your apps, settings, and personal files
and reinstalling Windows from scratch. Fortunately, it's
also easy to back up the files you want to keep using
tools that came with your PC. See How to Back Up Your
Files in Windows 10 to learn how to create a backup to
a DVD, CD, external hard drive, or the cloud
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Open your Windows Settings Windows Settings. You'll
find this gear icon on the Start menu
Click the Get started button under "Reset this PC." It's
the first button at the top of the right panel.[4]
Click Remove files and clean the drive. It's the second
option. This option is the one you'll need to format the
hard drive—the other option just erases and reinstalls
the operating system without actually formatting the
drive.
Cleaning the drive is important if you're planning to sell
or give away this PC. That's because formatting the hard
drive makes it hard for someone malicious to restore
your deleted files. But if you want to keep the PC, you
can click Just remove my files to skip formatting the
drive.
Click Next on the warning screen. If you see a message
that says the PC was upgraded to Windows 10, it means
that reinstalling Windows makes it so you cannot go
back to the previous version of Windows.
If you’re installing a new hard drive, or need to wipe your drive clean for that
“fresh” feeling, you’ll end up formatting your drive.
Formatting will check the drive for errors, and prepare it for use. If a drive has data
on it, formatting the drive will remove all of the pointers to your files.
Formatting can take hours to complete, but it is a good option when you have a
new or inherited drive that is not properly formatted, a drive overrun by malware
or other software problems, or a drive in need of a fresh start before a Windows
installation.
Use Disk Management
To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management.
In Windows 7, click Start. Next, right-click Computer, then click Manage. The “Computer Management”
window will open.
In the left pane, click Disk Management (under Storage).
n Windows 8, right-click the Windows button, and select Disk Management.
If your disk is not initialized (as is sometimes the case with brand-new drives), you’ll be prompted to
initialize it. If your disk is 2TB or more in size, select GPT; otherwise, stick with MBR.
A list of all connected disk drives is displayed in the center. Unpartitioned drives appear with solid black
bars and the label “Unallocated.” Partitioned drives appear with solid blue bars and a drive letter.
Partitioning your drive
To format an internal or external hard drive to use for backup or additional storage, the drive needs to be
partitioned. Partitioning divides your drive into sections, but you can choose to simply have one partition
(a single section encompassing the entire drive).
Formatting your partitions
Once your drive is partitioned, each partition will have to be formatted with a filesystem. Luckily, the Disk
Management utility makes this really easy.
Right-click the blue bar or the white space below it and select Format.
Formatting for a Fresh Windows Installation
If you are formatting your primary hard drive with the intention of reinstalling Windows or restoring your
PC to its factory-fresh state, you’ll need the restore disc(s) that came with your computer. If your
computer manufacturer did not include restore media or you’ve misplaced it, contact the manufacturer
directly for a replacement. You may also be able to create your own restore disc(s) or reinstall Windows
from a factory-created partition on your hard drive; consult your computer’s documentation for details.