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Originally posted by Luvian:
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Originally posted by Animal:
A low level format will take care of any data you don't want seen. It writes 0's and 1's to the entire drive prior to an actual format. IIRC, on a 40GB it would take about 6hours to complete.
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How do you do that? [/QUOTE]You'll need a specific app, or the floppy that comes with most HD's. It can't be done from within Windows, you have to boot from DOS first. Back in the day of 500MB HD's it was common practice, but with drive's reaching over 200GB it can take over 24 hours to complete a full low level format.
It's also useful for getting a little extra life out of a drive that has developed bad sectors.