Guest flahmeshess Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 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) Posted July 16, 2008 Posted July 16, 2008 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 Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 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 > > > > 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 - > > - Show quoted text -
Guest John John (MVP) Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 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 >> >> >> >>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 - >> >>- Show quoted text - > >
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