Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:19:38 -0800 From: Sam Sutch <samuraiblog@gmail.com> To: "Hamell, Rick (ACS)" <rick.hamell@nike.com> Cc: Ronny Hippler <r11roadster@yahoo.com>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD... Message-ID: <219837f70602141819l7a95d818h55235eb6843352ae@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com> References: <43F26E3F.8050201@yahoo.com> <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com>
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No, and I'm not aware why anyone would use FAT anymore in the first place. NTFS negates the problems one might have with FAT tables and a quick format is suffecient for any Windows install. Also, NTFS can install on a fresh drive without any partition tables. Sam On 2/14/06, Hamell, Rick (ACS) <rick.hamell@nike.com> wrote: > > -----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, bu= t > according to Microsoft isn't any longer.) > > Rick > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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