Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:02:33 +1000
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Hi
Always overwrite the entire disk, best do it several times.
Using the deleting and formatting are just small alterations to the disk.
Data is still left on the disk and still accessible using non traditional
methods
Re: 48-Bit LBA Support for ATAPI Disk Drives in Windows 2000 ...abbreviated measurement of files and drive capacity. ... |>>using the decimal system to convert bytes to gigabytes. ... |>was forced to think things through and I came to the conclusion that a disk...Formatting would mean creating an index just like in a book. ... (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
Re: hard drive problem ... I thought, I assume, Im guessing formatting only writes to some block ...disk space?... Then when you reinstall Windows and start wring to the drive, ...Messenger Service can often be useful. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: What in the heck am I doing wrong? NTFS boot disk ... All partitioning formatting tools need to know correct LCHS geometry used by ... BIOS on target computer to map your disk.... Also you can't partition removable disk from window you can use first ... > It is not possible to get an XPe Boot CD to format a CF disk and make it ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
Re: hard drive problem ... I thought, I assume, Im guessing formatting only writes to some block on the ... If format actually changed every bit on the disk,... I thought Microsoft sought to turn messenger service off as part of some ...Windows was re installed? ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
Re: 74MB used space after formatting 250GB drive ... > formatting....Gman!... > and it took 150 min to move the 20GB of data for another disk to this ... >> 1/10 a gig.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
