Actually i formatted my laptops hard disk more than 15 times....... so im scared that it may fail totally...... within 4 months from the date of purchase i formatted 10 times........ will my hard disk die if i formate it again and again????????
2007-12-17 03:10:35 · 4 answers · asked by nastychap05 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
Will not hurt a thing as far as the life time of the drive
2007-12-17 03:13:58 · answer #1 · answered by vulcan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Formatting is nothing more than "writing data to the disk".
You do that every time you use your computer.
There is absolutely no danger in formatting...... other than if you forget to backup your data before you do it.
The only other problem I've run into in "formatting" my drives is that some software manufacturers such as Symantec/Norton, and Diskeeper have given me problems with what they term "too many installations of the software" and then they don't allow me to reinstall it for more than 14 days of functionality. So be careful with this aspect.
Other than that.... absolutely no problem with what you're doing.
Hope this helps.
2007-12-17 11:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Dick 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes it does as i know formating too mush means resting your hard disk sectors so its better not to format much it may cause bad sectors in the HDD
2007-12-17 11:16:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes. if format too many times it will occur the bad sector. is really bad. but can be solved using low level format..
2007-12-17 11:15:02 · answer #4 · answered by CHAN 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋