So I'm working on the HDD of a laptop of a friend. I'm not sure wtf was done to this machine, but there has been a bit of reallocation due to bad sectors. Unfortunately, chkdsk seems to be running ...

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Have you ever needed to format a new hard drive or USB drive, and were given the option of selecting from acronyms like FAT, FAT32, or NTFS? Or did you once try plugging in an external device, only ...