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flahmeshess
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      16th Jul 2008
I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better
to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.
Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have
been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.
 
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John John (MVP)
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      16th Jul 2008
If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk
was scanned for bad sectors during the format process. As a matter of
fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to
do "regular" formats.

John

flahmeshess wrote:

> I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better
> to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.
> Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have
> been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.

 
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flahmeshess
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      17th Jul 2008
John
Thanks for the reply.

On Jul 17, 6:36*am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk
> was scanned for bad sectors during the format process. *As a matter of
> fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to
> do "regular" formats.
>
> John
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>
>
> flahmeshess wrote:
> > I have a new harddisk. *I have formatted it. *I wonder if it's better
> > to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.
> > Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have
> > been picked up by check disk ? *Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

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John John (MVP)
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      17th Jul 2008
You're welcome.

John

flahmeshess wrote:

> John
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> On Jul 17, 6:36 am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
>>If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk
>>was scanned for bad sectors during the format process. As a matter of
>>fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to
>>do "regular" formats.
>>
>>John
>>
>>
>>
>>flahmeshess wrote:
>>
>>>I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better
>>>to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.
>>>Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have
>>>been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

>>
>>- Show quoted text -

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