How to Format Hard Drive without OS?

How to Format Hard Drive without OS?

Geeks - If you want to format a hard drive that does not have an operating system installed on it, you can use a bootable USB drive or CD/DVD with a tool like the Disk Management utility in Windows or Disk Utility on a Mac. This will allow you to format the drive and create partitions on it, if desired.

To create a bootable USB drive or CD/DVD, you will need to download the appropriate tool and follow the instructions for creating a bootable drive. Once you have created the bootable drive, you can restart your computer and boot from the USB drive or CD/DVD to access the disk management utility or disk utility.

From there, you can select the hard drive that you want to format and use the appropriate options to format it and create partitions, if desired. Keep in mind that formatting a hard drive will erase all data on the drive, so make sure you have a backup of any important files before proceeding.