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reverendjay · 05-11-2003, 11:22 PM

hrdwareguy I believe that you are correct sir. In the DOS Days all a format /q did was wipe FAT and MBR. I believe that the XP/2k holdover is very similar. Wipe out the File Table and Boot record and Whammo, clean drive.

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reverendjay Insane Location: Baltimore	hrdwareguy I believe that you are correct sir. In the DOS Days all a format /q did was wipe FAT and MBR. I believe that the XP/2k holdover is very similar. Wipe out the File Table and Boot record and Whammo, clean drive. __________________ I'm married now, so the only thing in my house that pulls out now is the couch.