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>> Format as ext3 - 10:10 (That's 10 minutes ten seconds)
>> Fsck as ext3 - 11:30 (No files)
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>> Format as NTFS (quick) - 00:14
>> chkdsk (no files) - 00:06
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> It seems that you are trying to make some kind of point or statement.
> However, that would be quite moot, unless you have to format disks on
> a daily basis, which is quite rare.
More trying to figure out how much of the disk surface gets erased
during a format by measuring how long it takes. (14 seconds is obviously
nowhere near enough time to erase a significant percentage of the drive,
for example.)
Hey Darren, try a low-level format now...
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