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Cylinder · June 8th, 2003

Formating using the quick method in windows basicly re-writes the file table and doesn't 'remove' any data still on the drive. A full formatting does a better job of it. Doing a drive 0'ing completely writes the drive to all 0's so it is back to the same level as when it was first installed in your PC and not fdisked/partitioned/formatted. If you have intentions of selling a drive its is recomended you 0 write a drive to make it harder for shadly persons to get info from it.

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June 8th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Cylinder I Burnt The Toast! Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 1,490	Formating using the quick method in windows basicly re-writes the file table and doesn't 'remove' any data still on the drive. A full formatting does a better job of it. Doing a drive 0'ing completely writes the drive to all 0's so it is back to the same level as when it was first installed in your PC and not fdisked/partitioned/formatted. If you have intentions of selling a drive its is recomended you 0 write a drive to make it harder for shadly persons to get info from it. __________________ :: A64 3200(@2.2GHz) :: MSI Neo2 Platinum :: 2048 HyperX 3500 :: eVGA 6800GT :: :: 2x WD Caviar SE16 SATAII 250GB :: Pioneer DVR 108 16x Dual Layer :: :: Audigy 2 ZS Patinum :: Digital 5.1 Sourround System :: :: Black Tt Tsunami Dream :: Samsung 955DF 19" CRT ::