我们启动虚拟机，将新硬盘添加到卷组中并对它进行格式化。

We booted the virtual machine and added the new disk to the volume group and formatted it for use.

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安装操作系统和软件之前，首先需要对硬盘进行分区和格式化，然后才能使用硬盘保存各种信息。

Prior to the installation of the operating system and software, first of all need to partition and format the hard disk, and then to use the hard drive to preserve all kinds of information.

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格式化或重新格式化硬盘驱动器通常非常耗时。

Formatting or reformatting hard drives is often time-consuming.

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Good question, so what happens when you format a floppy disk or format a hard drive?

好问题，当你格式化一个软盘,或者硬盘时会发生什么呢？

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We're talking complete irreversible amnesia, complete erasure of the brain's hard drive.

就像是完全不可治的健忘症，完全将大脑这个硬盘格式化。

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