On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 00:21 +0930, Tim wrote: > > Fernando Cassia: > > I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying > out > > a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process. > > You can think what you like, it doesn't make misconceptions true. > > And my comment was specifically about what I quoted, but... > > Formatting means preparing a file system, it doesn't *mean* erasing > the > contents. It's a side-effect that your files are seemingly erased, > but > they're not. They're still there. And easily recovered with the most > rudimentary of effort. It does mean erasing the files on the disk or other media. Now what dews erasing mean. It means that any program whose purpose is to list files on the media will find no files. That is what most people mean by erasing. In windows the system, tells you that all the contents of the file will be lost. That is erasing in normal parlance. You know a secret that you want us all to take note of. That the contents of the files are not erased. Only the links that allow us to find the files are removed. And if you are knowledgeable about the structure of the file system you can recover those links and bring the files back. That is true but not generally useful. Or to put it another way it is only useful to people panicing that a file seems to have disappeared. I also disagree with the statement: They're still there. And easily recovered with the most rudimentary of effort. They are not easily recovered and the process is not rudimentary. -- ======================================================================= I've finally learned what "upward compatible" means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes. -- Dennie van Tassel ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
