Reformat a WindowsXP drive: Quick, regular, or leave the current file-system
- by Julie
When reformatting, Windows XP ask me to choose from
these formatting methods.
(Implying that ALL of them are "formatting methods"... even #3)
Reformat using NTFS (quick)
Reformat using NTFS
Leave the current file-system intact (no changes)
What choice #3 really mean?
Does it mean:
A. Leave the current file-system (whatever file-system is already in use) and reformat to match that.
(ie. If you current have NTFS, reformat to that again. If you currently have FAT32, reformat to that again.
That is: Reformat without changing to a different file-system. Leave the current type.)
or...
B. Do absolutely nothing. Don't format. Don't delete any of my files. Abort the formatting process entirely.