Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.

I have an old Dell XPS M1330 with Windows 7 on it. It has a CD/DVD drive from which I can play movies and read other content, but for some reason I have not been able to boot into the Linux install CD ...

In the window that opens, right-click on the external hard drive and select Format. Next, choose the file system with which you will format the disk. Note that NTFS is only compatible with Windows; ...

Hello all. I'm having a problem with my OS. I deleted all my partitions but one (my media partition) that I wish to keep. It is formatted NTFS and is about 92GB. Now, I have two more partitions that I ...

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 ...