2 Oct
2001
2 Oct
'01
7:02 a.m.
No real times, just subjective. Also, I do not use the /q switch and the
times I referred to were a comparison between "format a: /s" vs "format
a: /s /u".
"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Marvin Johnston wrote:
/U (do a REAL format) is faster for you than
/Q (DON'T do a real format, just write an empty directory) ??
Would you care to post some measured times for how much faster it is?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com
/u =
Unconditional, it will do a real format, as opposed to quick format
IIRC, /u =
Unconditional is correct, but what it does is to not "save"
the disk contents, i.e. unformat will recover the contents of a floppy
that has been accidentally formatted unless the /u is used. I usually
use the /u because it gets the job done faster.