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Formatting (disk) -

When you format a disk, you set it up to accept data. Formatting a disk will effectively erase everything on it, so only do it if the information on the disk is expendable.

I've found that if I have a disk that isn't behaving itself (i.e. trouble accessing stuff) that a re-format can sometimes bring it back from the dead.

 
   

 

 

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