Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:00:59 -0800 From: "Hamell, Rick (ACS)" <rick.hamell@nike.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Cc: Ronny Hippler <r11roadster@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD... Message-ID: <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com> In-Reply-To: <43F26E3F.8050201@yahoo.com>
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> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > >>> I dont get it. >>> A "quick format" in Windows XP will suffice for virtually anyone. It >>> takes less than a minute. Also, less waiting time means less coffee. >>> Makes no sense to me. > > AFAIK you can't quick format a bare drive. only one that was previously > formatted. > - -- And, Quick Format just destroys and rebuilds the FAT on Windows. It doesn't reformat every block on the hard drive (which use to be a big problem, but according to Microsoft isn't any longer.) Rick
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