So let me ask this, If I reformat my hard drive. And I have
assess to my cd drive. I reload my win 95.
Should everything else be intact and workable?
I can handle the big words
Karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 01, 1999 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] I have a question, mabe you can answer
>A hard disk from the manufacturer is sort of like
>bare land with nothing built on it.
>
> When you fdisk the drive, you determine
>where the cities and subdivisions will be built.
>(These are the partitions.)
>
>Wnen you format the drive, you lay out streets and
>street signs. (The operating system uses these.)
>
>When you write files, you build houses.
>
>When you delete files and trees, you
>bulldoze houses, but the streets remain.
>
>If you re-format, you lay down new streets
>and the houses get torn up in the process, but
>the cities remain.
>
>If you fdisk, the cities are wiped clean along
>with everything in them.
>
>In reality, when you delete a file, the address
>of the file is lost from the post office and
>the house is not bulldozed quite yet. Thus,
>some utilities, such as undelete, can reset
>the address if you use them before you
>bulldoze the house (i.e. over-write the
>storage area with a new file).
>
>HTH
>
>Dean Kukral
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Karen Coghlan <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Thursday, December 31, 1998 2:52 AM
>Subject: [PCBUILD] I have a question, mabe you can answer
>
>
>>I have been learning how to formatt my hard drive and am curious.
>>What is the difference between deleteing the del tree and
>>reformatting the hard drive.
>>
>>Karen
>>
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