Question

Give two examples when you would format a computer

Answer 1

Answer:

1.. Too many errors.

2. Your hard drive is full

Explanation:

1.If there are a lot of errors and virus problems in the system, this problem is taken to be the main reason as to why any computer user thinks about formatting. Viruses mostly come from files that are corrupted and they can be transferred by going to attack prone sites. Downloading cryptic files over the internet, using flash drives that they have not been virus checked, or connecting to a public network, can all land you in trouble.

2.When the hard drive is filled with a lot of files, after several months or even few years of working on the same computer, a user might find that the hard disk has become cluttered and there is no space to add any more files. This mostly happens to individuals who are not aware that computer maintenance exists.

Although manual search is the best option to browse all the data and delete those which are unwanted, people still prefer the formatting option because:

It is the easiest way to delete all the unwanted data and saves a lot of time.

It will delete files that you didn’t even know existed.

Sometimes the computer might be filled with a lot of temporary files that are hard to locate and delete. In this case, formatting the hard drive might be the easy way out to get a usable system.

Before formatting just to clean out your computer, make sure you backup of files that you need first.

Answer 2

Answer:

Format my computer if have virus in it during software updates..