From: Elliott, Tim <Tim.Elliott_at_ips-sendero.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 12:40:05 -0700

>I did reformat it a couple of months ago when I bought it (aug-sep
>timeframe), because with nothing on it, there was about 1GB free. I'll run
>scandisk on it and see if it finds something, then reformat. Just out of
>curiosity, is there something better than fdisk/format under windows to do
>this?

Symantec has a small utility called Gdisk. It comes with Symantec Ghost. It
formats very quickly, but I am not sure if it will run under
windows(probably not). It is not free either, but I have had good luck with
it. It lets you fdisk and format at the same time. Partition Magic may be
another way to go, and I think there are some free utilities that mimic
partition magic. I found this http://www.ranish.com/part/
the other day when I was looking for something else. I have not tried it yet
though.
If you have the time, I would just stick to fdisk and format though. I
wouldn't take a chance on running some software that I have not tested to do
something as important as setting the foundation for my files.
Just my opinion.
Received on 2002-10-22