Formatting Hard drives

Baber Kamal · 11-13-2007, 10:28 AM

Hi. I wanna know that does formatting has any negative effect on Hard drives, and whether excess formatting physically damages or slows the hard drives.
And between fast format and quick format which one is better??
and what about using DM on hdd's.

dai · 11-13-2007, 11:08 AM

it will not harm the drive,if you use dban and then format is the best option providing you are clearing the whole drive and not just a partition

Baber Kamal · 11-13-2007, 11:38 AM

i mostly just format the c drive, so will it harm my hdd. and what is dban? and secondly fast format vs full format pros and cons

dai · 11-13-2007, 11:44 AM

no it will not do any harm
quick=just the headings
full= the whole drive
dban zeros the drive
http://dban.sourceforge.net/

11-13-2007, 10:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
Baber Kamal Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 43 OS: xp	Formatting Hard drives Hi. I wanna know that does formatting has any negative effect on Hard drives, and whether excess formatting physically damages or slows the hard drives. And between fast format and quick format which one is better?? and what about using DM on hdd's.

11-13-2007, 11:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 59,045 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Formatting Hard drives it will not harm the drive,if you use dban and then format is the best option providing you are clearing the whole drive and not just a partition __________________

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Baber Kamal Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 43 OS: xp	Re: Formatting Hard drives i mostly just format the c drive, so will it harm my hdd. and what is dban? and secondly fast format vs full format pros and cons

11-13-2007, 11:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 59,045 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Formatting Hard drives no it will not do any harm quick=just the headings full= the whole drive dban zeros the drive http://dban.sourceforge.net/ __________________