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scott wrote:
> Oh, I thought that "format" really went over every byte of the partition
> and wrote to it? IIRC there is a "quick format" option, which I assumed
> just did the headers and stuff to make it look like it was formatted.
Format *used* to write to the whole drive, way back in DOS 3/4 days or
so. Now quick-format writes only the file system (first few tracks,
basically) assuming all sectors are good, and non-quick format writes
the first few tracks after *reading* all the sectors to make sure
they're good.
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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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