'Quick Format' versus 'Format'

J

Jack

When should I choose 'Quick Format' and when 'Format' during repartioning a
harddrive?
Jack
 
J

jorgen

techie007 said:
A full format will go through each block on the drive and erase it, as
well as test each block.
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Actually, all a full format does, is checking for bad sectors. It
doesn't erase the content of the sectors. You can verify it with a disk
editor afterwards.
 

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