Formatting a storage medium


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CAUTION:

After a storage medium is formatted, all files and directories on it are erased and cannot be restored.


To format a storage medium that has been partitioned, you must format all the partitions individually, instead of formatting the medium as a whole. You can format a storage medium only when no one is accessing the medium.

Perform this task in user view.

Task

Command

Format a storage medium.

format medium-name