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Verb: reformat (reformatted,reformatting)  ,ree'for,mat
  1. (computing) format again after previous use, esp. clean a disk drive (or partition) so it contains no data and only formatting information
    "I need to reformat the hard drive"

Derived forms: reformatting, reformatted, reformats

Encyclopedia: Reformat