Brain fart: no format option on a pen drive pop-up menu?

[charles zeitler]

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shall  be the whole  of the Law.


On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 01:24, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
>> means...
>
> I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying out
> a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process.
>
> format d: on windows or
> format d: /fs:jfs in os/2
>
> Are the nitpickers on this thread going to change the definition of
> formatting on the wikipedia, too?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Format_%28computing%29

maybe you should read this

>
> Or maybe you should go back in time and change all references to
> ¨formatting¨ diskettes on AmigaOS, too?, and diskette boxes that
> claimed "pre-formatted"
>
> FC


charles zeitler
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