Low Level Format

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon Aug 25 11:55:01 2003

At 07:18 AM 8/25/03 -0600, you wrote:
>I thought /U was "unconditional", meaning that you cannot later reverse
the formatting and recover the previous data. Without /U, FORMAT would save
a hidden copy of the FAT (or something like that), IIRC, making it easier
to recover from the format. My MS-DOS 5.0 manual says that with the /U,
FORMAT "Destroys all existing data on a disk", whatever that means.


   I think you are entirely correct. But AFIK the /U and /Q only apply to
formatting floppy disks. However I could be wrong about that.

   Joe
Received on Mon Aug 25 2003 - 11:55:01 BST