A set of indexes on the disk that the operating system uses to keep track of the data stored on the disk. See format program. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

Formatting or reformatting a hard drive erases all of the data from the drive and replaces the file system. Iomega enables administrators to perform a high-level format on a network-attached storage ...

Software that initializes a disk. There are two formatting levels on a magnetic medium such as a hard disk or floppy disk. The low-level format initializes the disk surface by creating the physical ...