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is formating a hard drive the same as writing zeroes to it?

bigrash

bigrash

Lifer
just curious. I usually just do a clean format when it's time to reinstall, but I was just wondering if I should write zeroes to my hard drive instead
 
Nope.

To write zeroes to a drive, you have to do a "low level" format. This can be done with a specific program, or some BIOS will have it available. Be warned, as it takes a while with bigger drives and you will have to repartition the drive with fdisk (or disk druid, whatever).
 
Since I have an IBM drive, I'm gonna use their utility to write zeroes to it. I've done it before on my friend's comp. The wait is crazy, but I don't mind, and either way i'm gonna have to repartition.






<< Trying to get rid of that pr0n permanently, eh? >>



na man. It's been about 6mths since i last formated so I wanna clean it up a little. although, deleting all that pron hurts😀
 
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