-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: Jim <n1jmm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 23:13:20 -0400
Vic is correct here as far as dos / windows FAT(32) goes.
Don't count on this holding true for other OS's or formats.
-Jim-
vic wrote:
>
> No typo, linny poo.
> Sure, formatting can be disasterous for most of us but it doesn't mean the
> data is wiped out. Formatting does not erase data. You just don't see it.
> A copy of the FAT tables are made when you do a regular format and with the
> right tools, the data can be recovered. Unformatting was common in Win 3.1
> with Dos 6.22 which contained the unformat utility.
> unformat c: /l
> would do it and show you all the files and folders on your formatted disk.
>
> I remember a Windows problem I was having with video and even
> formatting -reinstalling didn't fix it. Then it hit me that nothing was
> really getting wiped out, so I did an unconditional format - format /u -
> which formats without making a copy of the FAT tables, and that fixed the
> problem.
>
> vic
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 7:45 PM
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> >
> > That HAD to be a typo on Vic's part, Mac.....I'm sure he knows what
> > formatting does LOL
> >
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> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 7:34 PM
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> >
> >
> > Formatting doesn't? It always has for me!
> >
> > Mac
> >
> > At 04:30 PM 7/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >
> > >conFiguring Disk
> > >You fdisk first, then format.
> > >And yes Fdisk wipes out your data, formatting doesn't.
> > >
> > >vic
> > >
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