-=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
- From: "David J. Weaver" <weaverdj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 10:55:20 -0400
Nope it doesn't. It rewrites the FAT. and makes the whole drive as
available space so you can reinstall all your software.
David Weaver
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Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 1:30 AM
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It doesn't? When ever I reformat I simply use the command 'format' at
the c: prompt and everything is wiped clean from my hard drive.
vic wrote:
>conFiguring Disk
>You fdisk first, then format.
>And yes Fdisk wipes out your data, formatting doesn't.
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>From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 4:17 PM
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>>Oh...LOL
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>>Guess I screwed up cuz I always use Partition Magic.....but I thought if
>>you ran fdisk it would wipe the drive clean. No?
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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
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>>Darryl
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Linda F. Johnson" <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>>Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:01 AM
>>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: I Want To Try Something A Little Different!!
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>>>Nope...you wouldn't want Fdisk in your scheduled tasks, unless you
>>>wanted to regularly wipe everything off your computer LOL
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>>>Fdisk is a DOS command you use when you want to delete EVERYTHING off
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>>a
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>>>drive and is only used for this purpose.
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>>>Fdisk = format disk
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