Format A Hard Drive From Bios ((free)) -

Formatting a hard drive from BIOS can be useful in several situations:

If the goal is to render data inaccessible or reset a drive to a factory-like state (often required for SSDs), one can use BIOS-level secure erase tools if the motherboard supports them. format a hard drive from bios

This is the most common way to format a drive when you cannot boot into Windows or need to wipe the "C:" drive. Formatting a hard drive from BIOS can be

Once you’ve set the BIOS to boot from installation media: format a hard drive from bios

This is a destructive process that wipes the drive at the block level. It does not create a new file system; the drive will be "Unallocated" space afterward and will still need to be formatted via OS tools.