Question about formatting

[Jeff7]

A question about hard drive formatting in DOS vs Windows:
Windows is able to perform a full format of a freshly Fdisked drive in a few seconds, while DOS goes over the entire drive. The /q option in DOS doesn't work for such a scenario. The Windows format just creates a file system, and that's it, whether it be a quick or full format of a hard disk. Is there any way of doing the same quick format of a freshly Fdisked drive in DOS?

[Steve R Jones]

Oh, I'd love to test this for ya but i kind of need the stuff on my hdd.

What happens when you try format c: /q/s

[Jeff7]

The /s switch is to copy the system files. That combo of commands made it try a DOS quick format, which doesn't work on a just-Fdisked drive. Once it did the unconditional format then, which went over the whole disk, it copied the system files to the drive. Thanks anyway though.