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Old 01-23-2009, 01:04 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by way2quik View Post
Format takes 3 hours.
It took me over 3 hours for my 1.5TB. I did this in Windows, also Vista x64 user.
not if you select the option for a quick format, which takes no more than 10 seconds.
I've been doing quick formats on all my HDDs (new and old) for the past 3 years and have never run into a single problem.
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