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Do new hard drives come formatted?
Hey hey, so I bought a Western Digital hdd today to replace the one in one of my older desktops. Somehow, I have gone all this time without ever having to install an OS myself (XP recovery disks, yay!). The guide I'm reading says that you need to have the drive formatted before installing the OS (I intend on going NTFS), but I wanted to know if I need to do that since it's a brand new drive. Anyone know? Thanks.
3 Answers
- fuqueheadLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
when you go to install windows on new drive, it will guide you thru the formatting and partitioning options. Just follow prompts to clean new install and it will guide you thru.
- 1 decade ago
Yes you do actually have to format a new HDD as far as I know anyways, Ive changed my HDD at least 5-6 times
Source(s): Personal experience - Hermann ELv 61 decade ago
A lot of HDDs have some leftovers from testing them at the factory.It is always better to format a HDD before you use it.
