-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: Camper Mick <camper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 01:43:56 -0400
Ok - let me see if I have this right - to totally wipe my hd clean I
have to type format /u at the c:\ prompt? This will remove the FAT thus
making it impossible to do the unformat c: ?
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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>>Formatting doesn't? It always has for me!
>>
>>Mac
>>
>>At 04:30 PM 7/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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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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