Use this handy search tool to locate individual words or terms of interest on this page. Your best bet is always the Full format choice. The drive whirs and mutters to itself for a while, then you're done. Windows has wiped the disk clean, checked it for errors, and formatted it for file storage.
Quick formats are even easier than full formats, and take less time.
Click OK, listen to the drive hum, then when prompted, click Close and then OK again. That's all there is to it.