How to format a startup drive for a Mac<article class="slideshow"><figure class="slide"><figcaption>Get ready to boot</figcaption><img data-imageid="100058403" src="
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" alt=""/><div class="slideBody"><p>Sometimes you want to wipe out all the data that’s on a hard drive or solid-state drive—erase it and start over. The best way to do this is to format the drive, which both erases the drive and prepares it for storing data by mapping out bad sectors, creating address tables for locating the data on the disk, and more.</p><p>Similarly, you may have purchased a new drive that was formatted for Windows out of the box. You'll want to reformat that drive for your Mac.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2055589/how-to-format-a-startup-drive-for-a-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to format a startup drive for a Mac
