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   Kay Archer to jjwweerrff@phil.uu.nl   
   Re: formatting hard drive   
   17 Jan 05 23:14:09   
   
   XPost: alt.windows95   
   From: kayhyphenarcher@cableone.net   
      
   "Pixel "#~"  wrote in message   
   news:k35ou0di39l3v6q31dhnhhome6o3ca75kc@4ax.com...   
   > I just installed a (second) hard drive, and now I want to get rid of   
   > all the data on the drive.   
   > Does it matter if I format the drive from windows or from DOS?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Might be faster if you actually boot dos, probably safer to do it from   
   Windows (as in, you won't format the wrong drive).   
      
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