J Jack Jan 12, 2008 #1 When should I choose 'Quick Format' and when 'Format' during repartioning a harddrive? Jack
J jorgen Jan 12, 2008 #2 techie007 said: A full format will go through each block on the drive and erase it, as well as test each block. Click to expand... 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.
techie007 said: A full format will go through each block on the drive and erase it, as well as test each block. Click to expand... 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.
