*Gulp* Formatted the Wrong Thing

Null · 09-07-2003, 09:03 PM

i think thats the difference between a long format or quick one. a quick one is 'possible' to get stuff back.

bobcat · 09-08-2003, 06:15 PM

A quick format makes it easier to get your stuff back, but of course it's not guaranteed.

Null · 09-08-2003, 06:27 PM

nothings garentee'd once it writes over that section of the hard disk of which your files were that got deleted. I dunno if it can bring them back. if anything might be just bits and chunks

PuPPeT · 09-08-2003, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Null

i think thats the difference between a long format or quick one. a quick one is 'possible' to get stuff back.

Yea a quick format only deletes the FAT table (File allocation table) which makes it much easer to recover data from. A Full format turns every thing on the drive to 1’s not 0’s which many think it does. You can get data back even from a full format but you need some damn expansive hardware to do so.