Questions tagged [formatting]
Process of preparing a disk for storing data. Specifically, "high-level formatting" involves the creation of a new file system and/or a boot sector. For text formatting, use [text-formatting].
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Full formatting, HDD controllers, and bad-sector locking
We get periodic questions about manually locking and reassigning bad sectors on hard disk drives. There seems to be apparently conflicting information on one aspect of this, the hard drive controller ...
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Styles in Word 2013 Keep Reverting to Previous Style/Format/Indent
I am working on a document that relies on formatting consistency throughout all chapters/sections.
The indents keep changing, even after I have made the changes in Modify and
Update < > to ...
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MS. Word : Text enter on it's own (how to connect these sentences?)
I'm editing citation but there are sentences separated (put) on a new line automatically instead of being just separated by a space.
How to fix this? This behaviour happens anytime there's a url in ...
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Disk formatting and permanent deletion of files
Does disk formatting cause permanent deletion of files or is it still possible to recover their content somehow?
Thank you for possible answers.
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How do I use the formatted value of a cell
I have a cell A1 containing a date formatted as date so that it shows 28.Oct.
I want to use that formatted date embedded into a piece of text like this: "Today is the 28.Oct and it is sunny".
I have ...
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How to make Windows not complain about an Ext formatted USB stick?
I have a USB stick that is ext4 formatted, for use between a bunch of Linux systems. How can I make the Windows "You must format" dialog not pop up any more, so that anybody else does not by accident ...
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Microsoft Word - Deleting Format Marks
In the attached screenshot, you can see that there are many cells that are simply just too large for no reason, and I am unable to resize them. They appear to have some hidden formatting marks and I'...
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Unable to format a Linux bootable USB under Windows
I recently installed Ubuntu onto my 16GB Kingston USB stick. My laptop uses Windows 10.
After I tried to boot into Ubuntu from the USB stick, it displayed an error. I then restarted my laptop and ...
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Unable to format m-2 type ssd drive
It's a Samsung PM961 256gb socket m-2 drive. My mobo BIOS sees it, but the Windows 10 storage/disc management tool cannot format it. It sees it initially but is unable to format it either as MBR or ...
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How to format USB in Windows that is formatted in EXT4
How do I format my USB in Windows? about 2 GB of it is formatted in (I think) EXT4, while the rest (about ~2.3MB) is formqatted in FAT32. What do I do?
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Excel - display as percentage, but keep properties as general or custom
Based on the image below that is how I want numbers to be displayed - as a percentage. But I don't want the properties to be listed as a percentage I want it to be listed as general "no specific ...
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About dual booting and formating [closed]
I have a DELL laptop. By default it was installed with Windows 10 and then I dual booted Ubuntu 14.04 along side of Windows 10. Now I want to uninstall both the OS and install only latest Ubuntu 16. ...
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Usb stick in system devices but not in drives after re-partitioning with BootIce
I had usb stick that was formatted as iso.
Today i tried to recover it's original size (by using Bootice) and it worked ok, but now I can only see stick in System -> Disk Drives but not in Windows ...
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Is it bad to format a used SSD so it can be used again for cloning?
I have a Samsung 850 Pro SSD that I used at my previous job. I would like to reuse this SSD and clone the HDD on my current work laptop. I dont need any of the old files on the SSD. Can I just format ...
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How to FIX a RAND-BETWEEN Alternative Macro in Excel
I am looking for a RandBetween Altermative that has the exact same function but remains constant. I was looking for a macro that woould do just that and I thought I found one...
Function RndInt(...
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Does formatting really remove everything on a physical hard drive?
I would like to understand what does formatting really remove.
When launching a computer, something shows up, resembling DOS. This can't possibly be stored on a hard drive ? Where is it stored then ?
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Formatting dates in Access
I'm embarrassed with a seemingly very simple problem. I have about 7 million of rows in Access, with a date column formatted as numbers. They are the 5 digit type of numbers excel uses when dates are ...
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How to change the Text Format in Task description in Outlook 2016?
What I want to do
I want to format the text description of a task in Outlook 2016. For instance, use bulleted lists or format some important text as bold.
What's wrong (how to reproduce)
When I ...
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I can't read CD DISC from Sony Camcorder in windows 7
I have a Sony camcorder (digital video camera) DCR-DVD106E. The camcorder works with mini CD's from Sony (I found the CD's in the package I have bought so it seems they are original).
To read the CD ...
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Excel - switching names in a cell
I have a list of peoples names in one column, showing first names first.
I want to sort them in alphabetical order of surnames.
Is there a way of doing that without changing the text around, and if ...
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How to format old PC?
I have to format an old IBM PC to give it away, before I leave tomorrow.
There is no installation CD. I tried to plug a bootable USB drive, but since this is an old system the BIOS won't let me boot ...
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Formatting similar MSWord (pasted from MSExcel) tables in batch
I've got a lot of similar spreadsheets (same dimensions, different numbers) in Microsoft Excel, like this:
To present them in my report in Microsoft Word, I have to format them in this way:
To ...
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Using Conditional Formatting, highlight a cells based on value in adjacent cells
How to highlight column B values based on corresponding Column A value using conditional formatting.
Thanks in advance
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How do I insert thousands-separators without affecting significant figures in Excel?
I need to figure out how to add thousands separators to large spreadsheets without affecting the amount of significant figures or the dates that are also in the tables. I can't figure out how to use ...
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Excel 2010 - set format on all cells - even blank ones
So an odd question, maybe really easy. I have a large spreadsheet, with a few columns that will be filled in by various users as time goes on. Currently those are date columns, however, this question ...
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How to have full-width horizontal lines in Microsoft Word?
How can I have full-width horizontal lines inserted between the lines of a long text? I do not want to use Ctrl+U to add underline to the text because it does not add lines to the empty spaces. Also ...
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Format external drive in single user mode mac os x
I am looking for suggestion to format external volume in Single User Mode. diskutil eraseDisk didn't work in such environment, so is there any possibility to format usb memory stick from Single User ...
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How can I format a drive that is infected by crypto locker?
I am attempting to format an infected SD card on my Mac to no avail. When I use disk utility, and erase the disk, it says it erased but the disk still has the same content on it. I am considering ...
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Merge Two Unallocated Partitions
I have a HDD with 3 partitions, an Unallocated 232GB, a 450 MB Recovery, and another unallocated 363.74GB. What I would like to do is merge the two unallocated spaces. The 232 GB and the 363.73GB ...
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How can I prevent followed hyperlinks from changing color?
I have several hyperlinks throughout my document, in several different colors. I would like the hyperlinks to remain the same color/style after being followed, and not simply change the style of ...
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Make words fat using function bar
Is there a way in MS Excel 2013 to format words fat/thick using the function bar?
I need the concatenating function and want to highlight each cells information
with an additional section like title ...
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Formatting computer (Windows 10)
I made my pen drive bootable, and tried formatting pc with windows 10, I formatted my System drive and proceed further, but because of some reason it come up with error message, I then tried ...
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How to design a table in MS Word that wraps text around a cell in a corner?
Here's what I want to achieve:
Screenshot 1: Desired output
In other words, I want the whole grey area to be one cell, the content of which wraps itself around the cell with white background. While ...
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Highlighting Groups of Alternating Names in Excel
I have been trying to find a good way to do this but it seems like I can not find a good Conditional Formatting formula to work with what I need. I am trying to do something along the lines of this ...
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Fedora 17 - Add 3rd harddrive to /home
I'm running Fedora 17 64bit that have 320gb and 500gb hard drive.
Command df -h shows that /dev/mapper/centos-home has size of 710G.
I want to add third hard drive and increase size of /dev/mapper/...
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Execel IF(AND) function too many arguments
I am trying to format a cell (B17) based on the value of B13, it needs to be green if the following is true and red if false:
F17-E17-D17<=b13<=F17
I understand putting in two conditional ...
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Conditional formating in Excel 2010 with multiple criteria including dates
I have two side by columns (C & D). In column C I have due dates, and in column D I have date completed. I'd like to conditionally format the dates in column C to change color as indicated by the ...
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Device not initialized, can't reformat
So I'm unable to access my flash drive because it doesn't initialize when I plug it into my computer, and when I try to initialize it I get "device not ready." There's nothing incredibly important on ...
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Unable to format a Pendrive (UDF)-TrusCont Protected
I received a Pendrive from my coaching classes loaded with notes and videos. The content in the Pendrive is protected and now the content has expired. I am unable to view the content any more and it's ...
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How format a partition marked as 'system' in windows 10?
How format a partition marked as 'system' in windows 10? This is snapshot of disk management:
I can't format or remove drive D. My current windows is in Drive C. I want format drive D totally and add ...
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When attempting to format USB drive, capacity shows as 3.69MB of 8GB stick
I am attempting to format a USB stick in Windows 10 using the standard format command (right click on drive => select 'format'). However, the format dialogue shows 3.69MB as the maximum capacity. Does ...
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Mac Not Able to Read SD Card
I have a microSD that I use in my raspberry pi. I have it plugged into my mac through an adapter and am trying to use it. However I cannot erase any of its contents and it (contents) does not show up ...
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x axis formatting with dynamic excel chart
I'm having a problem with a dynamic x,y chart.
I set up named ranges using this method:
My x axis label is "time" =OFFSET(graf!$D$2,0,0,COUNTA(graf!$D$2:$D$1000)-1)
I do the same for my data (y ...
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Having some text align left and other align right, in same line
In Word 2016 is there a way to align the first portion of text to the left, then the next part to the right? For example I used tab to accomplish the bellow, but it doesn't work very well and would ...
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Install Windows 7 Professional to ASUS A43S
Currently the operating system on my ASUS is Windows 7 Home Premium. I want to change it to Windows 7 Professional and also I want to format my ASUS.
I have read through this article but ...
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Auto-formatting Existing Word 2013 Docs with Headings based on characters
I have 150 Word 2013 Docs that are laid out in the same, uniform way. (note: the # of articles in each document varies).
Each document has a summary and some articles.
Question: Is there a way to ...
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external hard drive can not be fornatted
While I was formatting my external hard drive (this one: http://nl.transcend-info.com/Products/No-284), another program that was running caused a failure that aborted the formating. Since then, I have ...
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Windows 7: does formatting a disk actually write zeros to it?
According to this article from Microsoft, zeros are written to an entire disk when it is formatted (not using the quick format option) in Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows. My question is ...
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Rufus turned my USB into a DVD device
I have recently used rufus to make my usb bootable and it worked as expected. Somehow it has changed my usb into a DVD drive and now it has a write protection that I don't know how to take it off to ...
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how to erase sensitive data "permanently" if hd broken and cannot do full random overwrite?
I purchased a broken hard drive. I copied some of my movies on it. It is broken now. I want to send it back to the factory.
I wanted to permanently delete all my files with "Sdelete" secure tool. ...