Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:58:04 -0600 From: "W. D." <WD@US-Webmasters.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Reason #328 why I love FreeBSD... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060215065512.03d2a850@209.152.117.178> In-Reply-To: <219837f70602141819l7a95d818h55235eb6843352ae@mail.gmail.co m> References: <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com> <43F26E3F.8050201@yahoo.com> <200602150003.k1F03cED001106@barriere241.nike.com>
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At 20:19 2/14/2006, Sam Sutch wrote: >No, and I'm not aware why anyone would use FAT anymore in the first >place. NTFS negates the problems=20 "purports to negate" >one might have with FAT tables and a >quick format is suffecient for any Windows install.=20 Just had a problem where the data couldn't be accessed with NTFS. >Also, NTFS can >install on a fresh drive without any partition tables. > >Sam > >On 2/14/06, Hamell, Rick (ACS) <rick.hamell@nike.com> wrote: >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> > Hash: SHA1 >> > >> >>> I dont get it. >> >>> A "quick format" in Windows XP will suffice for virtually anyone. It >> >>> takes less than a minute. Also, less waiting time means less coffee. >> >>> Makes no sense to me. >> > >> > AFAIK you can't quick format a bare drive. only one that was previously >> > formatted. >> > - -- >> >> And, Quick Format just destroys and rebuilds the FAT on Windows. It= doesn't >> reformat every block on the hard drive (which use to be a big problem,= but >> according to Microsoft isn't any longer.) >> >> Rick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 ->= http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/
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