The Format commands are typically run to prepare a new logical drive for use after Fdisked hard drive, enabling installing an operating system, application programs & eventual user data. The format command has been around for a long time; formerly, they were stand-alone DOS programs before being integrated into Windows.
Formatting a disk does not erase the data on the disk, only the information on the address tables. So, retrieve formatted data is realistic. If you accidentally reformat a disk that contains important files, do not be panic; a data recovery company can help you recover most of the information on the disk. And you can also try programs that enable you to recover the formatted hard drive yourself.
When you format a disk, the operating system erases all the information on the disk, tests the disk to make sure all sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors (that are scratched), and creates internal address tables that it later uses to locate information. You must format a disk before you can use it.
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