>> Format as ext3 - 10:10 (That's 10 minutes ten seconds)
>> Fsck as ext3   - 11:30 (No files)
> 
>> Format as NTFS (quick) - 00:14
>> chkdsk (no files)      - 00:06
> 
>   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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