: Formatting permanently erases everything on the targeted partition.
Inside the metal box beside his feet sat terabytes of a life he was choosing to delete. There were the save files for StarCraft , the campaigns he had spent months conquering. There were the MP3s downloaded over dial-up, sorted meticulously into folders by band and album art. There were the Word documents—angsty teenage poetry, college applications, and a half-finished novel he swore he’d finish one day. format xp
He took a breath, held it, and pressed 'Y'. : Formatting permanently erases everything on the targeted