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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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>>> 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.
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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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