Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD...

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>>> I dont get it.
>>> A "quick format" in Windows XP will suffice for virtually anyone. It
>>> takes less than a minute. Also, less waiting time means less coffee.
>>> Makes no sense to me.
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> AFAIK you can't quick format a bare drive. only one that was previously
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And, Quick Format just destroys and rebuilds the FAT on Windows. It doesn't
reformat every block on the hard drive (which use to be a big problem, but
according to Microsoft isn't any longer.)

Rick

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