XPost: alt.windows95   
   From: jjwweerrff@phil.uu.nl   
      
   Earlier TheBeat999 muttered:   
      
   >>> 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).   
   >   
   >A quick format (FORMAT x: /Q) is as fast as it gets -- whether in DOS or   
   Windows.   
      
   Okay, thanks!   
      
      
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