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Formatting a hard drive along with the install of a new OS is the best option. The vast majority of operating system installations provide a "format" option as part of the installation process.

When you plug in your USB drive the program will recognize it and add it to the list of available drives in the My Computer screen on your PC. You can even format Mac disks from the PC using MacDrive.