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   Don't bother.  /U is accepted and ignored.  It does nothing.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message =
news:3e9b38eb$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  cool, that is useful. I added a note on my website about that one so I =
don't
  lose it.

  Geo.

  "Chris Robinson"  wrote in message
  news:3E9AA49B.78ED7B90{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...
  > I hadn't heard of this one before so I thought I'd share it with =
you.  A
  > while back I was looking for DOS utilities that would completely =
wipe a
  > hard drive.  I found some useful ones (usually from the =
manufactureres
  > of the drive).  Today I found this tip in an issue of "Computing":
  >
  >     Use the undocumented "U" switch when formatting a drive.  It's a
  > switch that tells Format to rewrite sectors irrespective of what's =
in
  > them.  e.g. "FORMAT C: /U" will rewrite all the sectors
irrespective =
of
  > what's in them.
  >
  > Pretty useful I thought, although it did remind me of the annoying
  > amount of "undocumented" switches - why are they undocumented?  =
"hey,
  > our software can do this task but we're not going to tell you about =
it"
  >
  > Chris.
  >


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   Don't
bother.  /U is =
accepted and=20
ignored.  It does nothing.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:3e9b38eb$1{at}w3.nls.net...cool,=20
  that is useful. I added a note on my website about that one so I =
don'tlose=20
  it.Geo."Chris Robinson"
<c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise=">mailto:c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk">c.robinson{at}NOSPAMtotalise=
.co.uk>=20
  wrote in messagenews:3E9AA49B.78ED7B=
90{at}NOSPAMtotalise.co.uk...>=20
  I hadn't heard of this one before so I thought I'd share it with =
you. =20
  A> while back I was looking for DOS utilities that would =
completely=20
  wipe a> hard drive.  I found some useful ones (usually =
from the=20
  manufactureres> of the drive).  Today I found
this tip in =
an issue=20
  of
"Computing":>>    
Use the =
undocumented=20
  "U" switch when formatting a drive.  It's
a> switch that =
tells=20
  Format to rewrite sectors irrespective of what's in> =
them.  e.g.=20
  "FORMAT C: /U" will rewrite all the sectors irrespective
of> =
what's in=20
  them.>> Pretty useful I thought,
although it did remind =
me of=20
  the annoying> amount of "undocumented"
switches - why are they=20
  undocumented?  "hey,> our software can do
this task but =
we're not=20
  going to tell you about it">>=20
Chris.>

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