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  1. Apr 11th, 2001, 07:40 AM #1
    mastermind94
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    Does format can destroy your HDD???
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  2. Apr 11th, 2001, 07:42 AM #2
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    It won't if you only format once, but if you format too much, it starts to drain the life from your HDD...
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  3. Apr 11th, 2001, 07:46 AM #3
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    even a quick format?
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  4. Apr 11th, 2001, 08:06 AM #4
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    quick formats will not destroy your HDD, it deletes nothing, it just lets the computer write over any part of the HDD..
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  6. Apr 11th, 2001, 10:44 AM #5
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    It overwrites part of the drive.
    Using the DOS UNFORMAT command, you can retrieve it.

    I've formatted 2 times, & performed this command & retrieved it, NAMA or the USA ARMY (I forget which ) reckon they can retrieve a disk thats been formatted upto 8 times

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  7. Apr 11th, 2001, 11:01 AM #6
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    Where can I get this unformat program?
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  8. Apr 11th, 2001, 11:05 AM #7
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    You've got it

    Restart your PC into TRUE dos mode in a crash &
    type Unformat C:

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  9. Apr 11th, 2001, 11:07 AM #8
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    cool
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  11. Apr 11th, 2001, 11:11 AM #9
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    I used to format quite a bit (before i got win2k) but now i hardly ever. Anyway, i must have formatted the one i have in there now at least 10 times, and it still works fine.

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  12. Apr 11th, 2001, 11:36 AM #10
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    I'm not sure how many formats before you kill your HDD, I'll talk to a friend of mine and see if he knows....
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  13. Apr 11th, 2001, 06:02 PM #11
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    Low level formats.. kill your Hard Disk fast.. I've done it once when my boot sector was in trouble
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