I have cable internet. I need to format my hard drive. "wipe" my pc. Do I need to...

[gotmilk53762]

...unhook the cable modem. I don't know if I am suppose to leave my new cable modem attached while I format my hard drive? The insructions say unhook perrifreals. Is this included?

 

[adrianchris167493]

yes unhooked the cable on the modem and other usb ports