How do I format a hard drive? A computer hard drive stores your files, allowing you to access them at any time. The majority of the time, you want these files to remain stored properly and safely.

Ok I have 2 firewire Maxtor hard drives. One is a 120GB 5000DV and the other is a 200GB 5000DV. The 200Gb is the new one. The formatting on the 120 is MAC OS Standard. And the formatting on the new ...

I'm trying to reformat my hard drive (only have one) and it won't let me b/c the os is on the hard drive. I tried creating a start-up disk with Windows XP so that I could boot to DOS and format from a ...