From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 15 00:01:14 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC7E16A420 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:01:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Rick.Hamell@nike.com) Received: from barriere241.nike.com (barriere241.nike.com [146.197.27.91]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B69BF43D46 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:01:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Rick.Hamell@nike.com) X-Server-Uuid: BDE2CC8B-9671-48D4-9A25-CA756DA0A621 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.2.1.051004 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:00:59 -0800 From: "Hamell, Rick (ACS)" To: chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com> Thread-Topic: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD... Thread-Index: AcYxwuaqJV5mQJ22Edq3ngANk8Rtig== In-Reply-To: <43F26E3F.8050201@yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Feb 2006 00:01:04.0295 (UTC) FILETIME=[E9D2A370:01C631C2] X-WSS-ID: 6FECB0CA1MO2520475-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Ronny Hippler Subject: Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD... X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:01:14 -0000 > -----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