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   From: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard    
      
   >>> 'Short' formatting is pretty much ok, so I guess thats what you did.   
   >>>   
   >> I've never done anything else.  I've never had, or even seen, a need    
   >> for long formatting an HPFS volume.   
   >>   
   > If you do a short format then do a chkdsk /f3 you will recover all the    
   > files that were on the partition before formatting.   
   >   
      
   I know.  That's never given me a need for long formatting.   
      
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