-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: "David J. Weaver" <weaverdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:55:17 -0400
NO typo. You can recover from a format unless you do a secure format. You
may not be able to recover everything, but it can be done.
David Weaver
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Linda F. Johnson
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 7:01 PM
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<<And yes Fdisk wipes out your data, formatting doesn't.>>
Formatting doesn't? Is there a typo there, Vic?
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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of vic
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:30 PM
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conFiguring Disk
You fdisk first, then format.
And yes Fdisk wipes out your data, formatting doesn't.
vic
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From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
>
> Oh...LOL
>
> Guess I screwed up cuz I always use Partition Magic.....but I thought
if
> you ran fdisk it would wipe the drive clean. No?
>
> Linda
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darryl
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:13 PM
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>
>
> FDISK is for creating partitions format c: /<insert switch> formats
the
> drive, fdisk writes the parition table
>
> Darryl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:01 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little
Different!!
>
>
> >
> > Nope...you wouldn't want Fdisk in your scheduled tasks, unless you
> > wanted to regularly wipe everything off your computer LOL
> >
> > Fdisk is a DOS command you use when you want to delete EVERYTHING
off
> a
> > drive and is only used for this purpose.
> >
> > Fdisk = format disk
> >
>
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