Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD...

No, and I'm not aware why anyone would use FAT anymore in the first
place. NTFS negates the problems one might have with FAT tables and a
quick format is suffecient for any Windows install. Also, NTFS can
install on a fresh drive without any partition tables.

Sam

On 2/14/06, Hamell, Rick (ACS) <[e-mail]> wrote:
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> >>> I dont get it.
> >>> A "quick format" in Windows XP will suffice for virtually anyone. It
> >>> takes less than a minute. Also, less waiting time means less coffee.
> >>> Makes no sense to me.
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> > AFAIK you can't quick format a bare drive. only one that was previously
> > formatted.
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> And, Quick Format just destroys and rebuilds the FAT on Windows. It doesn=
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> reformat every block on the hard drive (which use to be a big problem, bu=
t
> according to Microsoft isn't any longer.)
>
> Rick
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