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HP "restore to factory settings"

February 25th, 2010, 14:59

Does anyone know if the "Restore to factory settings" option on HP actually writes 00s (or any pattern for that matter) to the drive? Or does it just do a Windows style format?

Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

February 25th, 2010, 15:08

Windows style format, no 00's

Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

February 25th, 2010, 15:40

Thanks for the info!


Regards,

Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

February 25th, 2010, 20:10

It should be the window's quick format, but I believe under advance options, it will let you 00 the drive.

Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

February 26th, 2010, 12:28

From the sound of it I don't think the user used advanced options; lets hope for their sake



Regards,
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