Format : NTFS [Quick ] VS NTFS

[Philgag]

In windows XP when I install I have 2 options for NTFS, quick and normal. witch is better?

thanks

 

[bsobel]

The full format writes to the whole disk, the quick just setups the NTFS data areas. If you know the drive is fine, quick will be fine (and faster). However, if it's a new drive I find it usually worth it to do full (better to find out about any errors now than when you try to install or use the drive later)

Bill

 

[Philgag]

What I wanted to know.

thank you!

 

[OffTopic1]

Quick format clear the partition table and rewrite the partition table with the new parameter that you have set.

Full format clear the partition table and rewrite the partition table with new parameter, and check for bad sector (mark bad sector if there are bad sector/s).

IMHO, there isn?t a need for full format because after install you can run chkdsk if you have bad sector. (I had only seen 2 hdds with bad sectors out of 50-60 hdds that I have worked on in the last 15 years)

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MS Help and Support Q302686 Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP

 

[bsobel]

The formats we are discussing do NOT clear the partition table, they just update the single partition that gets formatted. I think you might be thinking of a low level format of the entire drive...