How does the win8 system format the disk? How to format the disk using the Format command under win8 system

How to use the Format command to format a disk under win8 system? The following small series will take everyone to see the detailed setting method.

Format command to format the disk:

1. Open the run window and enter CMD;
2, command prompt window input:

format Volume [/fs:filesystem] [/v:label] [/q] [/a:unitsize] [/c]

Key-value analysis:

volume Specifies the drive to be formatted Mount point, volume name, or drive letter. If you do not specify any of the following command line switches, format will use the volume type to determine the default format of the disk.

/fs:filesystem Specifies the file system to use, FAT, FAT32, or NTFS. A floppy disk can only use the FAT file system.

/v:label Specifies the volume label. If you omit the /v switch or use it without specifying a volume label, format will prompt for the volume label after formatting is complete. Use the syntax /v: to enter the volume label without prompting. If you format multiple disks with the format command, all disks will receive the same volume label.

/q Perform a quick format. Delete the file table and root of the previously formatted volume, but do not scan the corrupted area of ​​each sector. Formatted volumes that were not previously corrupted should be formatted with the /q switch.

/a:unitsize Specifies the cluster size (allocation unit size) to be used on FAT, FAT32, or NTFS volumes. Set unitsize with one of the following values. If unitsize is not specified, it will be selected according to the size of the volume. 512 512 bytes per cluster.

1024 1024 bytes per cluster.

2048 2048 bytes per cluster.

4096 4096 bytes per cluster.

8192 8192 bytes per cluster.

16K 16K bytes per cluster.

32K 32K bytes per cluster.

64K 64K bytes per cluster.

/c is limited to NTFS only. By default, files created on new volumes will be compressed.

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The above is to format the Win8 disk with the Format command in the command prompt. The method, the advantage of using this command is that not only can you format other disks, but also format the C drive, you can experience the test.