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  1. Feb 16th, 2002, 01:16 PM #1
    j2k
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    Time to format a disk based on capacity

    Hi,

    How can I work out how long a hard drive will take to format, based on the capacity of the drive?

    Thanks
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  2. Feb 16th, 2002, 06:19 PM #2
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    Re: Time to format a disk based on capacity

    Originally posted by j2k
    Hi,

    How can I work out how long a hard drive will take to format, based on the capacity of the drive?

    Thanks
    You would have to take into account a lot of factors. Make/model of disk, write/read speed, software used (algorithms etc), processor speed of system etc etc
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  3. Feb 17th, 2002, 12:28 PM #3
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    damn, so is there no "average" time, for a, say, 40GB hard disk to format, using standard format c: ??

    if so, how is this "average" time calculated (it only has to be approximate of course)
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  4. Feb 17th, 2002, 12:28 PM #4
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    also, say the hard disk has no faults (e.g. bad sectors) and is UDMA 100?
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