formatting

Format is related to form and most commonly refer to the shape or dimensions of pages in printing and page layout. Derivatives of that include:
Paper format, standard paper sizes such as American Letter and international A-format
Newspaper format, the size of the pages in newspapers, for example tabloid format

Text formatting, the typesetting of text elements
Film format, refers to size and shape as well as other characteristics of photographic film or film stock and for projected film such as motion pictures and slide film also of the projection
In computing it mostly refers to:
File format, particular way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file
Document file format, for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computer
Media file formats, for storing digital media such as video and audio data on a computer system

In music it mostly refers to:
The reproduction medium of a recording, such as vinyl, tape, cassette, CD and later on digital download formats or most recently as streaming media
The format of a recording can also describe how it is compiled, irrespective of distribution medium, such as album, EP or single

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    Question External HDD via USB (RSHTECH Cradle) Formatting W11

    External HDD via USB (RSHTECH Cradle) Formatting W11 Can anyone help. Got 80Gb Maxtor Drive (also tried 160Gb Seagate Drive) both originally from a w7 pc in a RSHTECH cradle. Although my laptop recognises "a drive" ie either drive H: or Drive 4, there appears to be a lack of partitions or even...
  2. M

    Question Help with Humax Foxsat HDD Replacement

    Looking for some advice please in relation to an inability to format a Seagate Pipeline 1Tb SATA HDD in my Humax Foxsat box. I am not running custom SW. Have read many old posts so I am seeking to confirm my suspicion as to what I think is preventing my HDD being formatted in my Foxsat Box...
  3. Vragtes

    Sony SVR-HDT500 repair disc facility

    Hello, my Sony HD hard drive recorder has developed a fault. It scans in the digital channels but then gives a message that there is a disc error amd won’t save the channels. It gets to page 5 of 49 before the error message. I’m able, by going to the system menu to select either Format disk or...
  4. Disk is not formatting!

    EPG timer not working says disk not formatting what does this mean? I just want the TV to turn over on the timed programme!
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    Panasonic DVD Recorder formatting problem

    I want to transfer some Mini DV tapes to DVD and, having failed to achieve this using a laptop operating Windows 10, I'm trying with a DVD recorder now. More specifically a Panasonic DMR-EZ49VEB, which I've borrowed off a relative. I've no problem feeding the signal from the camcorder, through...
  6. sykotik

    Formatting HDD ?

    I'v got a SSD laying around and was thinking about putting it in the PS4 it's only 240gb , There are few games that's on the HDD ( main drive now ) that i wouldn't mind keeping as i do sometimes go back and play them- but their will not all fit on the SSD . so what i would like to know ...
  7. spud131

    Question Formatting ps3 hard drive

    If I format the hard drive in the ps3 can it then be taken and put directly into a PC and used as a PC drive without any further formatting? I know this isn't the quickest/easiest way of formatting a hard drive but I have my original ps3 hard drive that I want to put on ebay as its just sitting...
  8. T

    Question how to wipe clean a previously used SSD?

    how to wipe clean a previously used SSD? The drive in question was used in a synology 218+ NAS and I have managed to erase and un-initialise one drive, so apparently there is nothing on it now! The second drive has had 'the packages' erased but I cannot un-initialise this SSD! I have tried to...
  9. J

    1080p24 (TB) problem on JVC DLA-X35

    Anyone familiar with an error that comes up on the JVC DLA-X35 which switches the format to 1080p24 (TB)? When that happens, the screen splits into 3 sections and the top and bottom sections are reversed. It's happened on multiple different inputs - DTV, an OPPO Blu-ray player and on AppleTV...
  10. br5times

    Question Hard Drive Formatting Help!

    Hi All, Recently purchased a second hand 3TB WD Red 3.5 in hard drive for cheap. So decided to by a caddy/enclosure so I could connect it as a media drive to my BT homehub to share all the media on my home network. I have installed it into my caddy and connected to my laptop and found...
  11. plaver

    Question Formatting 4TB Harddrive

    I appear to have issue with formatting my new external 4TB hhd that I intend to use in my Zappiti, When using with my iMac or PC using windows 7 after formatting using GPT I can only see 1.8TB I have googled the issue but can't really fine a defined fix the issue. Has anyone on here had...
  12. Rominaz

    External hard drive not compatible with TV or xbox

    Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help me out around here.. Today I bought 1TB ext hard drive to use with my Panasonic TV and hubbys Xbox 360. Prior to purchase I made sure the drive is formatted to FAT32 which is thought to be accepted by Xbox 360 and HD TVs. So the hard drive was already...
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