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Formatting the Install/Boot Partition - Low-Level vs. Quick ?
I noticed when I went about doing a fresh install of Win7 on the HDD that shipped with my laptop, and using the partitioning and formatting options included in the installation routine, that when I'd do a format, the formatting would complete very rapidly. From this, I deduce that the installation routine does not perform a low-level format.
Perhaps, from this I should conclude that a low-level format is completely unnecessary. Yet, I seem to remember reading somewhere online, at some point in time (note: this might have been back in the Win'95 days) that it's better to do a low-level format; to flip all the bits to zero.
If anyone can shed any light on this issue (i.e., is doing a low-level format a good idea, or simply overkill and completely unnecessary?), it'd be most appreciated -- especially since I may be starting (yet another) installation process in the near future.
Thanks ahead of time for any thoughts you can share on this.
--Thri