Disk Formatting Operation
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A Disk Formatting Operation is a format operation on Data Storage Device that can create or modify a file system.
- Example(s):
format C:(MS-DOS command-line), formats Data Storage Device C: to a Microsoft Windows file system.mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdc1(Linux OS command-line), formats Data Storage Device /dev/sdc1 to a FAT32 file system
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Data Erasure, Data Storage Device, Hard Disk Drive, Solid-State Drive, Floppy Disk, USB Flash Drive, File System, Disk Partitioning, Operating System, Virtual Storage Access Method, Virtual Storage Access Method#Linear VSAM Organization, ZFS (z/OS File System).
References
2018
- (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_formatting Retrieved:2018-3-18.
- Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems. The first part of the formatting process that performs basic medium preparation is often referred to as "low-level formatting". Partitioning is the common term for the second part of the process, making the data storage device visible to an operating system. The third part of the process, usually termed "high-level formatting" most often refers to the process of generating a new file system. In some operating systems all or parts of these three processes can be combined or repeated at different levelsand the term "format" is understood to mean an operation in which a new disk medium is fully prepared to store files.
As a general rule,formatting a disk leaves most if not all existing data on the disk medium; some or most of which might be recoverable with special tools. Special tools can remove user data by a single overwrite of all files and free space.
- Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems. The first part of the formatting process that performs basic medium preparation is often referred to as "low-level formatting". Partitioning is the common term for the second part of the process, making the data storage device visible to an operating system. The third part of the process, usually termed "high-level formatting" most often refers to the process of generating a new file system. In some operating systems all or parts of these three processes can be combined or repeated at different levelsand the term "format" is understood to mean an operation in which a new disk medium is fully prepared to store files.