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Russwinters

Post subject: HP "restore to factory settings"

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 14:59

Joined: July 16th, 2008, 17:52
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Location: Long Beach, California

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?

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XanderSholtz

Post subject: Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 15:08

Joined: November 17th, 2009, 18:01
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Windows style format, no 00's

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Russwinters

Post subject: Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 15:40

Joined: July 16th, 2008, 17:52
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Location: Long Beach, California

Thanks for the info!

Regards,

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hddmania

Post subject: Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

Posted: February 25th, 2010, 20:10

Joined: March 22nd, 2009, 0:19
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It should be the window's quick format, but I believe under advance options, it will let you 00 the drive.

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Russwinters

Post subject: Re: HP "restore to factory settings"

Posted: February 26th, 2010, 12:28

Joined: July 16th, 2008, 17:52
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Location: Long Beach, California

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

Regards,

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