If I right click my C drive on my computer and press format will it delete the files I need to run the comuter

what I am asking is if I press format on my c drive when I right click it will it also delete all the files I need to run the computer on the c drive becaus ethere is some files on the c drive that you need to run the computer





what will formatting it exactly do and my computer will be usable if i fomat the c drive right?????

If I right click my C drive on my computer and press format will it delete the files I need to run the comuter
you cant format a drive you are currently using. If the drive was a secondary %26amp; slaved to the c drive you could. So in other words no. Are you trying to mess someones computer up? ;)
Reply:Yes it will delete those files and no your computer will not be useable and your computer will most likely not let you just format that drive it will bring up some error messages but no your computer wont work if you format your c drive which is your hard drive in case you didnt know that
Reply:it will not format the drive because the hard drive is in use... you can only format something as long as NO programs are being run from it.. explorer.exe should ALWAYS be running from your hard drive... if you try to format it, it will come up with an error message saying to close all programs that may be using it

















IT WILL NOT FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE QUIT SAYING IT WILL











if you dont believe me try it... i aleady have plenty of times





if you did format it it would wipe all the data from the hard drive
Reply:Yes, it'll delete important stuff, too. Probably will prevent you from booting.


Formatting essentially removes all the information that tells Windows where stuff is on your hard drive. Although the data may still be there, Windows will no longer be able to find it.
Reply:Format is like you want to turn down a room, first thing to do is get out of it. you have to be out of drive c: to format c:.
Reply:YES THIS WILL ERASE YOUR DATA DO NOT DO IT IF YOU ARE NOT SKILLED WITH A COMPUTER !!!!
Reply:Curious, aren't you? Do you need to format it? It won't format 'cause you are using it. Why do you ask?
Reply:maybe
Reply:DO NOT DO IT. IT WILL COMPLETELY ERASE THE DRIVE AND THERE IS NO NEED TO FORMAT IT!
Reply:You dont want to do that. Formatting it will mean deleting all the files in your computer, and I am mean ALL the files. Formatting a drive comes when a new installation of windows is going to be done on a drive or whena partition or whole disk will be used for storage. Maybe you are trying to defregment your disk? Do not, I repeat, DO NOT format it unless you want to be without a computer!





I hope that helps
Reply:it will erase your data!!!
Reply:Formatting will wipe out your hard drive and leave the boot sector intact. All you will have left are the files for running the hard drive, no OS or your personal files. You will have a blank hard drive
Reply:If C drive is where you run your operating system from you cannot reformat that way. You have to do it from bios. You can boot off a windows CD for example and you will have an option to reformat your C drive. But if you do reformat EVERYTHING will be deleted.
Reply:Your compuer will not easily let you format your C:\ drive because your computer will for all intents and purposes become unusable. Make sure you have software to reinstall your system if you go ahead.

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