On 28 January 2012 20:00, <thegeeksquad...@ymail.com> wrote: > Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does > formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad > perplexed!
No. Bad sectors are a hardware failure. "Quick formatting" /can/ in theory re-mark bad blocks as usable, which could be a problem. Actually, in practice, on any modern EIDE or later drive, this is not an issue. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
