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Re: Delete or Format Hard Disk - What's the difference ?
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:10:31 +0100, "hash" <joeblogg@spam.com> wrote:
>I'd like to know what is the difference between Delete or Format the entire
>hard disk or just a partition (Volume) c:\ drive ?
Further to what Richard Urban said; Format imposes a new, empty file
system within a volume, whereas deleting a volume removes it and
leaves the space unallocated.
IOW, Format isn't just about "deleting things", though deletion of
existing files is a side-effect of creating a new empty file system.
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Who is General Failure and
why is he reading my disk?
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