Full format or fast format?

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ZeBeeDee wrote:

Floppy disks huh? I think somebody should go and see an optician as they appear to be seeing things that aren't there.

Low-level format of the drive wasn't mentioned before your post. How you came to the conclusion that it was is slightly mystifying.

At the end of the day, the OP got their question answered. People voted (even though it wasn't a poll) and an appointment with an optician was recommended for at least one person here. A good days work all round me thinks  :-)

A Full format is only of interest for data security, i.e. to remove old data... if you don't care about the old data on the drive (that is you don't mind the old data being recoverable), just quick format it.

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@ZeBeeDee

The Drive electronics deals with the complexities of structure. All the OS needs to do is put the filesystem structures in place :-)

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ZeBeeDee wrote:

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@ZeBeeDee

The Drive electronics deals with the complexities of structure. All the OS needs to do is put the filesystem structures in place :-)

I know, but the OP is putting an old PC formatted drive into an Amiga for the first time in it's life  ... Possible unknown errors, bad sectors, etc. is not a pleasant scenario but you cannot discount the possibility they exist.

Would you trust the drive to be 100% and just partition and quick format it ad hoc, of course not ... You'd partition it and do a full format in case there are any hidden problems that might manifest themselves during the process.

Once the drive has been passed as fully working, you'd be more than happy to quick format it in the future  :-)

/engage dodgy market seller mode

Ere guv ... I got this ere PC drive, 100% workin' (won't mention the bad sectors as i need shot of it - he won't mind, it's only going to be quick formatted so they won't show up)  ... A Lady Godiva (5GBP) to you mate!

/exit dodgy market seller mode

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Not a good idea...

Quick Format it, THEN run a disk check.

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ZeBeeDee wrote:
May as well just full format the thing in the first place :lol:

Then the Format will just fail (possibly after you've waited a few hours, if it's a Terabyte drive!)... if you run a disk check the bad sectors can be marked.