Question

DOS identifies the way a disk has been formatted by _________.

• A. Format ID
• B. Media description
• C. Number of tracks of disk
• D. Number of sectors on the disk

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Media description

DOS identifies the way a disk has been formatted by media description.

Disk formatting is the process of preparing a data storage device such as a hard disk drive, solid-state drive, floppy disk or USB flash drive for initial use. In some cases, the formatting operation may also create one or more new file systems.

To format a drive (hard disk, floppy disk, flash drive, etc.) means to prepare the chosen partition on the drive to be used by an operating system by deleting all of the data and setting up a file system.