| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 30 Aug 2001 at 10:18:58 |
| Subject: | Re: [D5] Re: Opus' Format replacement |
Steve & Ulli Bowman said,
> G'day Neil Bothwick,
>> Quick formatting works fine on new large drives. There's never any need
>> for a full format. The only advantage of using it is that it /may/ pick
>> up some bad blocks, although it's never done so for me.
> I never did try it, but a new HD is not AmigaDOS formatted. So how can
> AmigaDOS work with it?
Because hard drives don't have the sectors marked on the disk during
formatting like floppy disks do, so a full format is not necessary.
> AFAIK fast format will only work once the drive
> had been fully formatted.
I've done it many times over the years, with new drives and with new Zip
disks. The 18GB drive I'm using now has only been quick formatted.
Cheers
Neil
Don't be humble, you're not that great.