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Subject: what is low level formatting?
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amrit36 30.08.11 - 12:05pm
wht is low level formatting? * +
nobodyin 30.08.11 - 12:43pm
low level is just a basic wipe..... higher levels writes over the drive many times normally with 1's and 0's, the higher the level the more times it does it, the theory behind it is to render what ever was on the drive becomes harder to recover * +
nibandh 30.08.11 - 01:52pm
how to use this websites * +
mok214 30.08.11 - 10:53pm
Low level would be just erasing the directory as in FAT , file allocation table . FAT32 is just the 32 bit version . Advanced is NTFS . * +
nobodyin 31.08.11 - 12:13am
wrong ... so very wrong, they are FILE SYSTEMS... and have nothing what so ever to do with 'what is formating' they are types of file system used to store data AFTER a drive has been wiped * +
mok214 31.08.11 - 12:18am
Erm , my sources are better than your self delusional fantasies . 
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nobodyin 31.08.11 - 12:38am
who's your source? Harry Potter * +
nobodyin 31.08.11 - 12:48am
they are the file systems... the post writer asked 'what is low level formating' NOT what are the types of file system used after formating * +
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