How to Format an Encrypted Disk. Many businesses protect confidential data stored on computers, particularly laptops, by encrypting the hard drives. This works well until you lose or forget the ...

This tutorial explains how to format or convert a Hard Disk or a Partition to NTFS format, as it is file system that provides better performance and security for data.

Before you begin, be sure to back up important files on the disk before you format. Use Disk Management To partition and format your drive, you can use Windows’ built-in tool called Disk Management.

In my last tutorial I introduced you to Windows 2000's Disk Probe, a utility that lets you modify almost anything on your system's hard disk on a sector-by-sector basis. Now it's time to start ...

Windows could not format a partition on disk. The error occurred while preparing the partition selected for installation, Error 0x80070057.