Disk Formatting

It 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.

• Disk formatting

• Partition

• High Level Formatting

• Low Level Formatting

It is a special type of boot sector at the very beginning of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond.

• UEFI

• BIOS

• GPT

• MBR

It is used to control how data is stored and retrieved.

• Boat Loader

• MBR

• File System

• GPT

It is the oldest file system and the de-facto standard file system.

• exFAT

• FAT32

• NTFS

• UDF

It is the executable code to function as a loader for the installed operating system.

• File System

• Boot Loader

• POST

• MBR

It checks the validity and correct functionality of your components.

• POST

• BIOS

• MBR

• GPT

A low-level software that’s so important integrally that resides on a chip that’s built into the motherboard.

• POST

• BIOS

• MBR

• GPT

It was originally developed by Intel to circumvent these issues for its 64-bit Itanium-based servers.

• GPT

• UDF

• UEFI

• BIOS

It refers to the process of generating a new file system.

• High Level Formatting

• Partitioning

• Low Level Formatting

• Disk Formatting

It is the common term for the second part of the process, making the data storage device visible to an operating system.

• Low Level Formatting

• High Level Formatting

• Partitioning

• Disk Formatting