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strangelove
Location: ...more here than there...
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google found this -
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The GrandDaddy of them all!
Location: Austin, TX
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i think that the quick format only deletes the first letter of the files on the disk.
so, it is pretty easily recoverable.
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Quadrature Amplitude Modulator
Location: Denver
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The tried-and-true way to get rid of data permanently is to write 00 and then FF (hex digits - two is one byte).. 7 times in a row. Why the magic number 7? Not sure... Well, if you want to be extremely paranoid... you can melt the drives. ![]() ![]()
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Insane
Location: Baltimore
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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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