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The headers on your file allocation table files are replaced with a special character. This character tells the operating system not toread any files still on the disk. At this point, files can still be recovered. Only if the files are written over will the files be altered and rendered unreadable. If an algorithm is used to write over the files, it may be necessary to write more than once. Otherwise, a decryption algorithm can be used and the files reconstructed.
There are two different ways how you can format a floppy drive (virtually any drive which can be formatted). The first way is so called "quick formating" which clears the file table (marks each sector such as it's available for writing) on the formated disk but files are still on the disk. Operating system cannot see them because the file table is empty but using a special software you can restore those files if nothing was saved on the disk after formatting (it's exactly how restoring software works). The second way is actually a low level formatting which is actually erases information from drives forever. There is no chance to restore information after such formatting.
Even a full format will not necessarily destroy the data, as some file recovery utilities can detect magnetic patterns on the media from weakly deleted files. The only method to securely eradicate the data is to use a utility that redundantly overwrites the data with other data (usually overwrites every byte with a zero value byte). A good such utility will allow you to select the number of times the data is overwritten, and the method used to do so.
Read more: What_happens_to_any_data_stored_on_a_floppy_disk_if_you_reformat_it
the same thing that happens when you format anything. all data is deleted
It means writing the electronic information on the disk so that the computer can recognize the disk as being valid
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How do you know which drive is the floppy drive?
Typically, the A drive is the floppy drive; the C drive is the hard drive; and the D drive is the CD drive.
What diffrance between HDD FDD?
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
How do you get rid of Linux?
By formatting the hard drive.
How do you completely clear your external hard drive?
You can completely clear your external hard drive by formatting it.
Do you need to format a disk each time you use it?
No. Floppy drisks do not need any formatting at all. Just pop it into the floppy drive and that's all you need to do.
True statement about formatting a floppy disk for the first time?
Formatting prepares a floppy disk to store data
What are the tree drives on a computer?
Hard drive, Disk drive and FLoppy disk drive
Use USB floppy drive to make USB hard drive?
This simply isn't possible. Hard drives and floppy drives work in very different ways.
Does formatting hard drive delete everything?
Yes.
Can I connect a 2.5 inch hard drive to the floppy drive interface?
No. The floppy drive interface and the mini-ata interface on many 2.5 inch hard disks may appear compatible, but they are not.
How can one format a floppy drive?
There are several guides online for formatting a floppy drive. WikiHow has step by step instructions with visual aids to complete the task properly. The website BleepingComputer can also help.
Does a hard drive have a slower access time than a floppy drive?
no a hard drive has a much faster access time...
