What is Formatting the Hard Drive?

Some guy told me to format my Hard Drive so my iTunes would work on my computer. But I forgot what Formatting is. Please refresh my memory...

it seperates the memory into what the space is to be used for. Reformatting is when the drive is totally obliverated and then everything on the drive is deleted permantely.

yess i know my spelling is whack but uhh i am tired and i can only type with one hand.


hope i helped

My other queston would be how to do it.

just go to my computer right click the (C:)drive and click format i think

Ok thanks ill try that. But will that erase every thing that is in that drive because if it does then i will move everything.

Just so you know. It will erase absolutly everything on that Hard drive. That means if there is any valuable data on there, BACK IT UP. It will be lost. Also make sure to have your windows installation disk or else you won't have an OS.

Just curious, did they give a reason as to why Itunes needs a reformated harddrive? I have never heard of such a thing.

Well when i install iTunes and try to run it. It will not run. I get an error message. And this guy form thie apple help website told me that i might have to reformat my hard drive so it will work.

i never had to do that don't believe him i would reinstall it maybe u didn't get a full download

How much free HD space do you have? and what are your system specs?

I got the disk with my iPod. I've already reinstalled it like 50 times.

i have 91.8GB free space. I Have windows XP, Pentium 4 processer, 2Ghz drive.

Whats the error message?

"iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." That happen before iTunes even opens.

Try downloading itunes from Apples web site and installing that version instead. I've never really had problems with itunes not working. So give it a try.

I already did that too. I dont know what to do. Becuase i don't want to restore my computer because of all the files i have on it that i need.

Hummmm. Well, I hate to say it but you might have to. As a last ditch effort, uninstall it, erase any files on your system that say iTunes. Restart computer. And try installing it again. Donno if that would really help but we shall se.

did that already too. Sorry

yeah too bad you cant format while you are in Windows, but uhhh.

If your hard drive is split up in partitions you could always put a new OS on it and try that.

I cannot believe this was asked ... OK, here is what you do:

Click on Start
Click on Run
When the little box comes up type in CMD and hit return
At the prompt type in: FORMAT C:
Hit enter
When it asks you to proceed, type Y and hit enter

Be sure you have your Windows installation CD handy ...

Hope this helps.
TConwell, MCSE

Originally posted by SixFlagsFiesta

Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Shouldve gone for the Cisco..

I have it, as well as Oracle ... but MCSE is more recognized throughout the IT community; especially in the Air Force. There are a small amount of folks who appreciate the Cisco, but more than recognize MCSE, sadly.

--> Glad you appreciated the "instructions" ...

Redhat? No way! Wow, I hardly though anyone really went for those!!