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What does the "/u" option for the "format" comman do?

 

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H.A. Sujith bashed at the keyboard and said :

> What does the "/u" option for the "format" comman do?


FORMAT C: /U
/U parameter performs an UNCONDITIONAL format, which DESTROYS every byte of
data on a disk by overwriting it with with blank spaces

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Unconditional!

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Go to Start - select Run and then type in: CMD
In the black dialog box
type format/?
This gives you the list of available Commands.
There isn't a "u" but there is a "v" which is for label.
Hope this explains it.

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are u sure its u and not v v=volume try format /? that gives you everything needed

 

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Mcploppy © wrote:
>> H.A. Sujith bashed at the keyboard and said :
>>
>>> What does the "/u" option for the "format" comman
do?
>>
>>
>> FORMAT C: /U
>> /U parameter performs an UNCONDITIONAL format, which
DESTROYS every
>> byte of data on a disk by overwriting it with with
blank spaces

Also, the U means that no format-reversal data is saved
or anything as some formatters will do. It's permanent
and there are not warnings, recovery info, or anything
else saved. Some formatters will allow you to recover
from a formatted disk and "unformat" it.

Pop

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>> HTH
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Recovery from "format c: /u"

I had an NTFS file system that I accidentally did a "format /u" on.

I used "testdisk" version 6.11 (freeware) to overwrite the formatted partion table with a backup it found in the boot sector. Note that I have never done anything to create this back-up of the partition table.

After 2 reboots, my whole hard disk was back and fully functional !

 

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