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October 30th 07, 06:00 PM
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Quick vs. complete format
-I keep hearing the terms “complete format” and “regular format” followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a “Quick Format”. If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert 
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October 30th 07, 06:17 PM
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By default when you format a drive it's a 'Full Format' unless you check the
Quick format box. I would do a full format. See: Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686/en-us JS "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms "complete format" and "regular format" followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a "Quick Format". If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert
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October 30th 07, 08:24 PM
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"Robert" wrote in message
... -I keep hearing the terms “complete format” and “regular format” followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a “Quick Format”. If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert For the normal user a Quick Format is just fine. It makes the whole partition available for use. However, it doesn't actually erase anything and someone with the right tools can recover any data that hasn't actually been overwritten. In fact, although the tools are somewhat more expensive, the same can be said of a full format. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email
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October 30th 07, 09:29 PM
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JS: Thank you for your response. It completely answered the questions I had.
Robert "JS" wrote: By default when you format a drive it's a 'Full Format' unless you check the Quick format box. I would do a full format. See: Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686/en-us JS "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms "complete format" and "regular format" followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a "Quick Format". If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert
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October 30th 07, 09:32 PM
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Frank Saunders: Thank you for your responce. I certainly appreciate the help
I get from Microsoft's Newsgroups/ Robert "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote: "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms “complete format” and “regular format” followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a “Quick Format”. If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert For the normal user a Quick Format is just fine. It makes the whole partition available for use. However, it doesn't actually erase anything and someone with the right tools can recover any data that hasn't actually been overwritten. In fact, although the tools are somewhat more expensive, the same can be said of a full format. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email
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October 30th 07, 09:37 PM
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You're welcome.
JS "Robert" wrote in message ... JS: Thank you for your response. It completely answered the questions I had. Robert "JS" wrote: By default when you format a drive it's a 'Full Format' unless you check the Quick format box. I would do a full format. See: Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686/en-us JS "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms "complete format" and "regular format" followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a "Quick Format". If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert
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October 31st 07, 01:26 PM
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In a format (full), during the sector scan, the locations of possible files
are noted. After the scan, a new file table is written based on that sector scan. Any bad areas resulting from the sector scan are mapped out for file table data. If bad areas are excessive, the format will fail. Files are not removed from the partition in a quick format per the weblink statement. Rather, the file table is rewritten, ignoring any present files in the area of the partition. All possible file locations are considered usable based on the prior file tables data as no sector scan was performed (making any files previously written invisible). If bad areas are existent, but not detected as no sector scan was performed, data reads/writes will fail in those areas. As noted in the weblink, chkdisk /r will "fix" this problem (if not excessive, which it doesn't state). -- Dave Profound is we're here due to a chance arrangement of chemicals in the ocean billions of years ago. More profound is we made it to the top of the food chain per our reasoning abilities. Most profound is the denial of why we may be on the way out. "JS" @ wrote in message ... By default when you format a drive it's a 'Full Format' unless you check the Quick format box. I would do a full format. See: Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686/en-us JS "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms "complete format" and "regular format" followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a "Quick Format". If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert
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November 2nd 07, 03:38 AM
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Hey Frank, what about a "Scrubber" application?.. does one make any
difference, or are they worthless?.. And how do they compare to a full format? ---------------------------------------- "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" escribi en el mensaje ... "Robert" wrote in message ... -I keep hearing the terms "complete format" and "regular format" followed by the statement that they are better or more complete than a "Quick Format". If I use the Disk Management tool, or if I go to My Computer, right-click the drive and select Format, the only choice I get from either procedure is Quick Format. Can someone tell me how to perform a complete or regular format? And how to decide whether to do a complete or quick format? Thank you,.- Robert For the normal user a Quick Format is just fine. It makes the whole partition available for use. However, it doesn't actually erase anything and someone with the right tools can recover any data that hasn't actually been overwritten. In fact, although the tools are somewhat more expensive, the same can be said of a full format. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email
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November 2nd 07, 12:08 PM
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"Pancho" wrote in message
... Hey Frank, what about a "Scrubber" application?.. does one make any difference, or are they worthless?.. And how do they compare to a full format? Some of them work pretty well. They're just about all better than a full format. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email
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November 2nd 07, 07:22 PM
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I'd been asking around for some time without a straight answer..
Thank you! ------------------------------------------ "Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" escribi en el mensaje ... "Pancho" wrote in message ... Hey Frank, what about a "Scrubber" application?.. does one make any difference, or are they worthless?.. And how do they compare to a full format? Some of them work pretty well. They're just about all better than a full format. -- Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM www.fjsmjs.com Do not send email
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