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Offline Thomas

Re: SFS Tutorial
« on: November 26, 2009, 04:22:52 PM »
3a. overtype the identifier by 0x53465300 (SFS) or 0x53465302 (SFS2, for partitions larger than 128GB). If you don't, the id will default to CFS (confused file system = stupid user sitting behind the keyboard).

Offline Thomas

Re: SFS Tutorial
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 05:29:38 PM »
Full format will probably not wreck this partition but a completely different one. That's why it is so dangerous.

SFSFormat is only needed if you want to set special SFS options already at format time. You can always change them later by the supplied tools.

You should always use quick format for all harddrive parttions and with all tools. Full format does not make any sense on a harddrive, it just stresses the drive. Only if you want to sell the HDD and need to safely scratch each and every piece of private data, then a full format of the entire HDD makes sense.