If a virus or malware app leaves your Windows installation in shambles, you may not be able to repair it with clean-up tools. Sometimes, the damage from malware, viruses or just plain old poorly ...

Reformatting a computer wipes the data stored on its hard drive, allowing for a clean installation of the system and programs. (In fact, you are technically reformatting the hard drive, so ...

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Microsoft is lifting a decades-old restriction on Windows that capped FAT32 disk formatting at 32GB. Instead, FAT32 formatting on Windows 11 will support partitions up to 2TB in size. The company is ...

Everyone knows what a floppy disk is, but a common question, is how do I clean out a floppy so that it can be used again? I have spoken to many people who have said that after they store information ...

I’m an expert at learning things the hard way. For example, my two-year-old Acer PC had reached the point where it desperately needed a hard drive reformat/Windows reinstall. (For background, read ...

The Windows format function limits the volume size that can be created with FAT32 to a maximum of 32GB. A new change has been added to the test build of Windows that increases the volume size that can ...

When it comes to keeping a backup, most of us prefer to preserve the data in an external hard drive. However, an unfortunate event can corrupt the hard drive and you might end up losing all the data ...

This article will walk you through how to format your USB key on a Mac, Windows, or Linux PC. USB keys will sometimes display less memory than is actually available, even after the drive has been ...