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This is an obvious fact that doesn't need to be stated, since hard drives have gotten so large lately, that anyone purchasing an oem hard drive having to format/fdisk will know the pains of it. However - do you all still use format/fdisk to accomplish this? Maybe I was out of the loop but I just realized how easy and quick you could do the same thing using an image with norton ghost (personal edition or whatever that small/basic free version is). You put this on a bootable CD... so all you do when you need a reformat is stick the ghost CD in your drive, reboot, and with 3 or 4 keystrokes and 2 seconds later, your drive is formatted and partitioned and ready to go. :Q
BUT - how come this method works - EVEN with brand new drives - with no problems, whereas you can't "quickformat" a new drive? Any technical explanations for this?
BTW, I just started my new job as a tech/sales rep at a local comp shop (which is why I just learned of this trick now)
BUT - how come this method works - EVEN with brand new drives - with no problems, whereas you can't "quickformat" a new drive? Any technical explanations for this?
BTW, I just started my new job as a tech/sales rep at a local comp shop (which is why I just learned of this trick now)