Glossary: Computer Hardware Basics
formatting
Also written: format, mkfs
Creating an empty file system on a partition, for example with mkfs.ext4 or mkfs.vfat. It makes the old files unreachable, so check twice which drive you're formatting.
Glossary: Computer Hardware Basics
Also written: format, mkfs
Creating an empty file system on a partition, for example with mkfs.ext4 or mkfs.vfat. It makes the old files unreachable, so check twice which drive you're formatting.