Hi! > The DOS format utility is kind of an anachronism at this point. Usually it > takes a long time to format a partition because it's iterating through > every sector of the disk. It's completely unnecessary these days. All it > really needs to do is write a boot sector, FAT, and root directory.
That is why FORMAT has options for QUICK format, which does exactly that: Write only the FAT, root dir and boot sector. Optionally, that combines with making a backup of those areas near the end of the disk, allowing a later UNFORMAT. But of course quick format is quickest without that backup step ;-) Of course both do not work with never-yet-formatted floppies. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
