ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
zorthage would like to know. 1/7/2006 11:47:06 PM |
ultra Suspended 5191 Posts user info edit post |
Not more than 10 mins 1/7/2006 11:48:47 PM |
LimpyNuts All American 16859 Posts user info edit post |
not more than 10 seconds if it's a quick format
i just formatted a 200GB and a 250GB partition
[Edited on January 8, 2006 at 12:11 AM. Reason : ] 1/8/2006 12:10:40 AM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
full format through windows computer mgr ] 1/8/2006 12:33:07 AM |
ultra Suspended 5191 Posts user info edit post |
just do it retard 1/8/2006 12:40:06 AM |
Protostar All American 3495 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "full format through windows computer mgr" |
Why would you do it that way? Use PartitionMagic or some equvilant (sp) program. So much faster that way.1/8/2006 12:41:27 AM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
like i said, zorthage wants to know.
it's been ~40 minutes. 1/8/2006 12:59:29 AM |
marko_ Terminated 471 Posts user info edit post |
Pi hours 1/8/2006 1:06:11 AM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
pumpkin or pecan? 1/8/2006 1:08:03 AM |
LimpyNuts All American 16859 Posts user info edit post |
40 mins is probably too long. you should check the disk for erors if it ever finishes formatting. 1/8/2006 1:08:08 AM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
he sees your reply, and has noted it 1/8/2006 1:11:27 AM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
NTFS quick format.
Theres no real reason to do a full format. 1/8/2006 1:15:23 AM |
skokiaan All American 26447 Posts user info edit post |
10 seconds 1/8/2006 1:29:37 AM |
ultra Suspended 5191 Posts user info edit post |
maybe he wants to delete some pirated files. 1/8/2006 1:19:06 PM |
bous All American 11215 Posts user info edit post |
that doesn't actually delete them 1/8/2006 5:41:15 PM |
eraser All American 6733 Posts user info edit post |
To completely destory files on a drive it needs to be overwritten around 32 times.
Although 3-pass or 7-pass is typically used, the "incriminating" data can still be recovered with highly sophisticated equipment. 1/8/2006 5:57:35 PM |
Aficionado Suspended 22518 Posts user info edit post |
that is when you just get some thermite and physically destroy the drive 1/8/2006 6:01:38 PM |