Want to format laptop Or PC? This post will show you how to format / reformat a laptop or PC. Formatting a laptop or desktop is an easy because it is way faster compared to other processes, which helps clean up disk, remove virus and keep system healthy.
Steps To Follow:
1. Connect your laptop Or PC to a power source. Since reformatting your laptop can take a while, you’ll need to make sure the battery doesn’t die during the process.
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- Reformatting your PC laptop will erase all of your files. Make sure you’re only doing this if you’ve either backed up your data or are okay with your files being deleted.
2. Open your Windows Settings. You can do this by clicking the Windows Start menu and selecting the Settings gear icon. You can also press Windows key + i to open your settings.
3. Click Update & security. It’s the icon of two curved arrows in the bottom row.
4. Click the Recovery tab in the left panel. Your recovery options will expand in the right panel.
5. Click the Get started button. It’s under “Reset This PC” at the top of the right panel.
6. Click Remove everything. It’s the second option. As a result this will clean all of the data from your hard drive.
7. Click Change settings on your PC. This is where you can tell Windows to “clean the drive,” which is just another way to say “reformatting.”
8. Toggle the “Data erasure” switch to On
As long as this switch is enabled, you’ll be reformatting the drive.
9. Click the Confirm button. It’s at the bottom of the window.
10. Follow the on-screen instructions to reformat your PC. The remaining steps will ask you to confirm that you want to reset the PC, which you should only do if you are okay with losing your personal data. Once your PC is finished reformatting, it will reboot and ask you to set up Windows as new.
