No, and I'm not aware why anyone would use FAT anymore in the first place. NTFS negates the problems one might have with FAT tables and a quick format is suffecient for any Windows install. Also, NTFS can install on a fresh drive without any partition tables.
Sam On 2/14/06, Hamell, Rick (ACS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
