How to format a new hard drive on Windows 10

You should never use a hard drive without formatting it first, and in this guide, we show you how to do it.

If you just got a new hard drive, which you're planning to use on Windows 10, it's important to format it before begin storing files. You want to do this to make sure the drive is completely clean, free of malware or malicious code. It also helps to ensure the drive is in working condition.

It could also happen that you're trying to set up a used hard drive that was configured for a different OS and using formatting, you can correctly set up the drive for Windows 10.

When you format a hard drive (e.g., HDD or SSD), you're essentially deleting any information stored on the drive and set up a file system (e.g., NTFS and FAT32) that the OS understands to read and write data to the drive.

Windows 10 offers a number of ways to format a hard drive, but you'll find that Disk Management is perhaps the better choice for most users. This is because it's a more advanced tool that can help set up a drive properly, even when it doesn't show up in File Explorer.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to properly format a new hard drive on your computer.

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