{"id":55492,"date":"2020-11-11T02:00:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T10:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/\/?p=55492"},"modified":"2023-12-19T05:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:07:30","slug":"what-does-formatting-a-hard-drive-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/es-mx\/blog\/what-does-formatting-a-hard-drive-do\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPara qu\u00e9 sirve formatear un disco duro?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa si formateo mi disco duro?\u201d Esta es, probablemente, una de las preguntas m\u00e1s comunes entre quienes est\u00e1n empezando a usar una computadora.<\/p>\n

Did you know every hard drive begins life being formatted at the factory where it was built? This may surprise you since formatting seems like something you only do when you have a major problem with your drive. But formatting a hard drive can be useful in many different situations. So <\/span>what is formatting<\/b>, really? And what does formatting a hard drive do?
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Cuando se formatea un disco duro, se borra por completo su contenido anterior. Todos los datos son eliminados y se libera espacio para almacenar nueva informaci\u00f3n y sistemas de archivos. Existen diversas razones para formatear un disco. Podr\u00eda estar preocupado por la seguridad, necesitar reutilizar el hardware, desear instalar un nuevo sistema de archivos en su dispositivo o intentar resolver errores graves del dispositivo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sea cual sea la raz\u00f3n, el resultado final es que, si se realiza correctamente, <\/span>formatear un disco duro <\/b>mejora el rendimiento de tu dispositivo. Pero antes de hablar de lo que hace el formateo de un disco, necesitas entender <\/span>c\u00f3mo formatear un disco duro <\/b>en primer lugar.<\/span><\/p>\n

C\u00f3mo formatear un disco duro<\/b><\/h2>\n

Ahora que ya sabes lo que significa \u201cformatear\u201d, pasemos al proceso como tal. Antes de comenzar cualquier tipo de formateo de disco duro, haz una copia de seguridad de tus datos. \u00a1Nunca formatees un disco si tu informaci\u00f3n no est\u00e1 tambi\u00e9n guardada en otro lugar! El formateo puede eliminar por completo los datos del disco. (Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre c\u00f3mo se eliminan los datos, lee \u00bfTus datos desaparecen realmente?)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Formatear un disco duro <\/b>es en realidad bastante sencillo. Primero, veremos c\u00f3mo realizar un Formateo R\u00e1pido que no eliminar\u00e1 tus datos. Tanto en Windows como en Mac, hay cinco pasos para <\/span>formatear un disco<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Formateo r\u00e1pido en Windows<\/span><\/h3>\n

As\u00ed es como puede formatear un disco duro que no sea de arranque en Windows:<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 1<\/b>: Si el disco duro no est\u00e1 conectado a tu PC, con\u00e9ctalo al equipo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 2<\/b>: Abre el Explorador de Windows y ve al panel izquierdo de la ventana. Haz clic derecho sobre el disco y selecciona \u201cFormatear\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 3<\/b>: Elige el sistema de archivos y as\u00edgnale un nombre en \u201cEtiqueta de volumen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 4<\/b>: Realiza un \u201cFormateo r\u00e1pido\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 5:<\/b> Haz clic en \u201cIniciar\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuando el proceso haya finalizado, tendr\u00e1 un disco duro limpio y listo para ser utilizado. \u00a1Ahora pasemos al mismo proceso en Mac!<\/span><\/p>\n

Formateo r\u00e1pido en Mac<\/span><\/h3>\n

As\u00ed es como puede formatear un disco duro que no sea de arranque en Mac:<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 1<\/b>: Ve a la app Utilidad de Discos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 2<\/b>: Ve a \u201cVer\u201d y selecciona \u201cMostrar todos los dispositivos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 3<\/b>: Haz clic en el disco que deseas borrar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 4<\/b>: Renombra el disco, elige el formato que desees (APFS o Mac OS Plus) y selecciona el esquema \u201cMapa de particiones GUID\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 5<\/b>: Haz clic en \u201cBorrar\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

El formateo r\u00e1pido es muy eficaz para limpiar su disco duro, pero no elimina por completo todos sus datos. Si lo que desea es borrar su disco de manera total y segura, si la seguridad es una preocupaci\u00f3n, por ejemplo, porque vender\u00e1 o donar\u00e1 su disco, entonces lo que necesita es llevar a cabo un formateo completo.<\/span><\/p>\n

El formateo completo es tan sencillo como el r\u00e1pido, \u00a1pero cuidado! Un formateo completo eliminar\u00e1 todos los datos de tu disco duro, as\u00ed que aseg\u00farate de que eso es lo que realmente deseas hacer <\/span>antes <\/span><\/i>de continuar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Formateo completo en Windows<\/span><\/h3>\n

Si su sistema operativo es Windows, deber\u00e1 seguir el proceso mencionado anteriormente pero saltarse el Paso #4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 1<\/b>: Si el disco duro no est\u00e1 conectado a tu PC, con\u00e9ctalo al equipo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 2<\/b>: Abre el Explorador de Windows y ve al panel izquierdo de la ventana. Haz clic derecho sobre el disco y selecciona \u201cFormatear\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 3<\/b>: Elige el sistema de archivos y as\u00edgnale un nombre en \u201cEtiqueta de volumen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 4:<\/b> Haz clic en \u201cIniciar\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Si tiene un Mac, los tres primeros pasos son los mismos tanto si realiza un Formateo r\u00e1pido como un Formateo completo:<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 1<\/b>: Ve a la app Utilidad de Discos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 2<\/b>: Ve a \u201cVer\u201d y selecciona \u201cMostrar todos los dispositivos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 3<\/b>: Haz clic en el disco que deseas borrar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despu\u00e9s del paso 3, continuar\u00e1 el proceso:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 4:<\/b> Haz clic en \u201cEditar\u201d en la esquina superior izquierda de la ventana.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 5:<\/b> Haz clic en \"Eliminar volumen APFS\" en la barra de men\u00fa.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 6:<\/b> Es posible que aparezca un bot\u00f3n que diga \"Borrar volumen del grupo\". Si es as\u00ed, haz clic en \u00e9l.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paso n.\u00ba 7:<\/b> Si aparece una solicitud, haz clic en \"Eliminar\".<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa al formatear un disco duro?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Entonces, <\/span>\u00bfqu\u00e9 sucede cuando formateas una unidad?<\/b> Sin importar por qu\u00e9 est\u00e1s formateando tu disco duro, el resultado ser\u00e1 siempre el mismo. Esto es lo que puedes esperar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Resultado #1: Limpia y renueva el sistema de archivos<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cuando formatea un disco duro, selecciona el tipo de sistema de archivos que desea que utilice el disco reci\u00e9n formateado (como NTFS o exFAT). Al realizar el formateo, la informaci\u00f3n del disco duro se elimina y se modifica toda la estructura de almacenamiento para que los nuevos datos se guarden de una manera diferente.<\/p>\n

Resultado #2: Mejora el rendimiento del dispositivo<\/span><\/h3>\n

El aumento del rendimiento del dispositivo es uno de los mayores beneficios de formatear un disco duro y una computadora. El formateo act\u00faa como un reinicio que devuelve la configuraci\u00f3n del dispositivo a como estaban cuando lo compr\u00f3 por primera vez. Pero, \u00bfqu\u00e9 hace el formateo de un disco duro para que sea tan beneficioso?<\/p>\n

Cuando formatea, el espacio del disco se libera. Al tener m\u00e1s espacio disponible, su dispositivo accede a m\u00e1s memoria y puede procesar los comandos de manera m\u00e1s eficiente. En pocas palabras, \u00a1cuanto m\u00e1s espacio libre tenga, m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido funcionar\u00e1 su computadora! As\u00ed que, si su computadora est\u00e1 lenta o tiene fallos extra\u00f1os, formatear el disco podr\u00eda ayudar.<\/p>\n

Formatear un disco duro tambi\u00e9n limpia el espacio de almacenamiento, eliminando contenido innecesario o da\u00f1ino. Esto incluye malware y otros virus que tal vez no hayan sido detectados por su programa antivirus. Estos programas hacen todo lo posible por eliminar estas amenazas, pero no son perfectos y algunas veces pueden pasar por alto algunos peligros.<\/p>\n

Los archivos instalados para ejecutar el sistema operativo (SO, o OS, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) pueden da\u00f1arse con el tiempo, lo que provoca que su dispositivo se vuelva m\u00e1s lento. Al formatear el disco duro, el sistema operativo se reinstala. Los fallos o errores del sistema se corrigen, y el sistema operativo regresa a su rendimiento ideal.<\/p>\n

Resultado #3: Los datos son eliminados<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bfFormatear un disco borra los datos? \u00a1S\u00ed! De hecho, la raz\u00f3n principal por la que la mayor\u00eda de las personas formatea un disco duro es para eliminar su contenido. Si no necesitas la informaci\u00f3n guardada ah\u00ed, el formateo es una manera r\u00e1pida de limpiar todo en pocos pasos.<\/p>\n

Siempre es recomendable que haga copias de seguridad de sus personal datos de manera regular para prevenir la p\u00e9rdida inesperada de datos. Pero, en caso de que necesite formatear un disco duro para modificar su sistema de archivos, limpiar el disco o mejorar el rendimiento, lo m\u00e1s probable es que desee conservar sus datos m\u00e1s recientes. Por lo tanto, le aconsejamos que se tome el tiempo necesario para hacer una copia de seguridad manual de su disco duro en un medio de almacenamiento externo antes de formatearlo.<\/p>\n

Ahora que sabe lo que significa formatear un disco duro de computadora, no hay raz\u00f3n para no hacerlo si desea mejorar su rendimiento. \u00a1Sin embargo, tenga en cuenta que hacerlo puede ser arriesgado si no se prepara adecuadamente!<\/p>\n

Como siempre, deber\u00edas respaldar autom\u00e1ticamente tus datos con regularidad para evitar una p\u00e9rdida inesperada<\/a>. Pero si necesitas formatear un disco para cambiar el sistema de archivos, limpiarlo o mejorar el rendimiento, no querr\u00e1s perder tu informaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s reciente. As\u00ed que t\u00f3mate unos minutos para hacer un respaldo manual antes de formatear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Si se encuentra en una situaci\u00f3n en la que ha formateado accidentalmente su disco sin antes hacer una copia de seguridad reciente de sus datos, a\u00fan podr\u00eda haber una soluci\u00f3n. Un especialista calificado en recuperaci\u00f3n de discos duros podr\u00eda ser capaz de buscar y restaurar sus datos, incluso en un disco duro que ha sido formateado. <\/span>\u00a1P\u00f3ngase en contacto con DriveSavers hoy mismo para averiguar si es posible recuperar sus datos!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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