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Noun: low-level formatting
  1. (computing) the format of sectors on the surface of a hard disk drive so that the operating system can access them and setting a starting position
    "Low-level formatting is rarely needed on modern hard drives";
    - initialization, initialisation [Brit]

Type of: data format, data formatting, format, formatting

Encyclopedia: Low-level formatting