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Give two reasons why a new disk must be formatted before using it.

      

Give two reasons why a new disk must be formatted before using it.

  

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Kavungya
- To prepare a new disk so that files can be stored on it
- To create sectors & tracks for the storage of data
- To create/ prepare a new root directory and file allocation tables on the disk
- To remove/ delete any existing files or information stored on the disk, if it is no longer needed
- To determine the effective storage capacity of the disk, i.e. formatting enables the user to know how much data the disk can hold.
- It can also check for bad sectors on the new disk.
Kavungya answered the question on April 16, 2019 at 19:05


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