Answer by harrymc for What does "full format operation" do to a disk?
Full format post-Vista will supposedly zero the drive, ensuring that all data is erased. If the formatting that is done obeys the Microsoft documentation, the data will be completely erased.A forensic...
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Info for Windows Vista (and I presume 7)Apparently a "full format" in later Windows versions does indeed overwrite each sector.
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A quick format just deletes the allocation table and leaves the files in place. On the other hand the full format DOES NOT go through the whole partition and erase data ON PRE-VISTA VERSIONS OF...
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I ran a "full format operation" (unchecked "quick format") on my disk. Does this remove data in a secure way? I have read answers for related questions and looked on Wikipedia, but am still unclear how...
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