Formatting drives

Discussion in 'Windows XP Installation and Setup' started by Goldfynche, Sep 19, 2018.

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    Why does a quick format of an hdd take a couple of seconds but if you select normal format. It takes well over an hour! Is it that more thorough?
     
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    Quick format just formats your drive. Normal format scans your harddrive for bad sectors and it formats after checking it. If your harddrive is large it can take a very long time to format :)
     
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    Understood
     
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