Is installing new windows same as formatting?

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I reinstalled windows completely but I never had the option to format the drive. Does the new installation of the windows count as formatting the drive or?

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how did you reinstall?
if you put USB/DVD in and did an upgrade or reset windows, then no, its not a format. If yoiu didn't do a custom install and didn't delete hard drive contents, then its not a format

if you do it this way its a clean install and counts as a format: http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clean-install.html

if drive was blank before you started you don't need to format it
 
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