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From:Neil Bothwick
Date:20 Jun 2001 at 20:57:23
Subject:Re: More than 4GB problem!

jack.thewlis said,

> My understanding is that QuickFormat is only for clearing out fully
> formatted partitions. If you partition a blank drive, you must fully
> format each partition before use.

You can quick format a brand new drive too, I did so last week.

> This is why your boyfriend had no
> probs. You can use QuickFormat afterwards to remove stuff. It just
> removes the file headers as far as I know. Hence recovery programs
> like DiskSalv can get it all back. I believe this would not be
> possible after a full format (?). Perhaps Neil or someone in the know
> can confirm, or set this right?

The only advantage of a full format is that it may show up any bad
blocks on the drive. However, most format commends don't work on full
with partitions beyond the 4GB barrier.

Cheers

Neil



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