How do I force a full format? On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 5:38 PM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net> wrote:
> > > On Jul 13, 2019, at 2:47 PM, Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 7/13/2019 10:39 AM, Jerome Shidel wrote: > > > > On Jul 13, 2019, at 1:17 PM, HTV04 . <htv04ru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Can I do a full format instead of a quick format? > > > Yes. > > But, I don’t really see a need to do a slow full format on the drive > partition in most situations. > > Up to you. :-) > > Actually, on an older hard drive, I would in fact recommend to do a full > format, so every sector on the drive/partition is actually accessed and > would reveal any possible problems with that drive, as a quick format is > only clearing/rewriting the basic root directory information on the > beginning of the drive/partition. And then you might run into mysterious > problem slater on, when those possibly bad sectors are being accessed as > they just have to be assumed working by a quick format... > > Ralf > > > You are correct. Old drives, absolutely. > However... New drives, no real benefit. > > ( I remember when you bought a drive and the first thing you needed to do > was format to map bad sectors. ) > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_-2618852879550348252_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Sincerely, HTV04
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