[SOLVED] How long does it take to format a drive?

[barkersofgeraldine]

I'm having trouble formatting a drive.

I kept in touch with the supplier who told me that "it should take less than 5 seconds to format a drive"

The HDD is 500 GB in size. I have never ever formatted a drive that big, in 5 seconds.

Am I missing anything here?

 

[tennis2]

quick format probably, sure.

 

[USAFRet]

I just did a Quick Format on a 500GB WD Green. 2.85 sec.
All it does is overwrite the file allocation table.