You might need to format an external hard drive before you can use it with your computer. We have some tips to help the process go smoothly.

You can format an external hard drive in Ubuntu using the Gnome Partition Editor. It provides a graphical interface to simplify formatting and resizing hard drive partitions, even on external drives.

Amid the widespread shift to subscription-based cloud storage solutions, relying on good-old physical drives can be a reassuring sense of independence. Whether you're trying to repurpose an old hard ...

You can format your external hard drive or USB drive using PowerShell. Follow this tutorial to change drive letter, create partition, etc.

USB or External hard drive inaccessible? Learn how to Format USB or External Drive & run Check Disk using CMD or Command Prompt in Windows 11/10.

If you want to re-format an external hard drive (a drive you plug into your computer, instead of installing inside of your computer) or flash drive, it's extremely easy to do.

Last week, I discussed how to use this command on the various disk partitions on a hard drive, including the formatting of a disk partition.

Here's what to do when you can't access an external drive on your Mac because the USB drive isn't showing up. Plus how to format a drive for Mac and PC.

If you are unsuccessful in formatting USB sticks using Windows on-board tools, you can alternatively use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool.

While the Mac can use a hard drive formatted for Windows, some features may be limited. So it's a good idea to format a new hard drive specifically for macOS.

Full Format A full format erases any files from the disk, changes (or maintains) the file system and checks the disk for bad sectors. A full format takes significantly longer than a quick format.

With iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, Apple has introduced the option to format storage devices, including hard disks, USB drives, and SD cards.