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To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (82277)	6/16/2013 1:01:04 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

All of a sudden, the font style changed here at SI... is that just me? How can I change it back? Any ideas? TIA GZ

To: SI Ron (Crazy Music Man) who wrote (82277)	6/18/2013 9:47:27 AM
From: goldworldnet	Respond to of 110652

Full formatting changed after XP which is much faster, but now I understand why. This article references Vista, but it's the same for Windows 7 & 8. The format command behavior has changed in Windows Vista. By default in Windows Vista, the format command writes zeros to the whole disk when a full format is performed. In Windows XP and in earlier versions of the Windows operating system, the format command does not write zeros to the whole disk when a full format is performed. The new format behavior may cause problems for the on-demand allocation modes that a volume storage provider, such as a Storage Area Network (SAN), supports. Problems may occur because the new format behavior prematurely triggers allocation of the backing space. In the on-demand scenario, zeros do not have to be written to the whole disk because the volume storage provider initializes the on-demand-allocated data. To avoid causing unnecessary on-demand-allocation, you must use the quick format option. support.microsoft.com * * *