Check Disk after Format - necessary ?

[Guest flahmeshess]

I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better

to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.

Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have

been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.

[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Check Disk after Format - necessary ?

 

If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk

was scanned for bad sectors during the format process. As a matter of

fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to

do "regular" formats.

 

John

 

flahmeshess wrote:

> I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better

> to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.

> Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have

> been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.

[Guest flahmeshess]

Re: Check Disk after Format - necessary ?

 

John

Thanks for the reply.

 

On Jul 17, 6:36 am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk

> was scanned for bad sectors during the format process.  As a matter of

> fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to

> do "regular" formats.

>

> John

>

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>

> flahmeshess wrote:

> > I have a new harddisk.  I have formatted it.  I wonder if it's better

> > to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.

> > Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have

> > been picked up by check disk ?  Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

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[Guest John John (MVP)]

Re: Check Disk after Format - necessary ?

 

You're welcome.

 

John

 

flahmeshess wrote:

> John

> Thanks for the reply.

>

> On Jul 17, 6:36 am, "John John (MVP)" <audetw...@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

>

>>If you did a "regular" format (as opposed to a quick format) the disk

>>was scanned for bad sectors during the format process. As a matter of

>>fact this scanning for bad sector is the reason it takes so much time to

>>do "regular" formats.

>>

>>John

>>

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>>flahmeshess wrote:

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>>>I have a new harddisk. I have formatted it. I wonder if it's better

>>>to do a check disk as well in case there are problems with the disk.

>>>Would the formatting step have handle all the errors that could have

>>>been picked up by check disk ? Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

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