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Mati13
 PostPost subject: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 10:10 am 
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Hi everyone!
I have a little 2 questions. I want to test betas and abandowares on my computer (not VPC or other virtualizers). So... there are the questions:
1) If I use MS-DOS 6.22 or 5.0 (which detects only 2GB) on 250 GB, will this drive be damaged after few formats or not?
2) If I format this drive few times using NTFS or FAT32 without MS-DOS, will this drive be damaged or not?

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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:13 am 
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The drive won't be damaged in any of those cases.
1- You will only be able to use 2 GB if you don't create a new partition table.
2- It won't be damaged.

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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 12:21 pm 
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Other parts of your computer need to be compatible to your software,too.
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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 1:56 pm 
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Ok, Thank you very much for the information :)

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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:19 pm 
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Oh, and BTW; What about floppies, CDs and DVDs (RWs)? How many times can I format them?

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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:25 pm 
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Mati13 wrote:
Oh, and BTW; What about floppies, CDs and DVDs (RWs)? How many times can I format them?


Don't worry, you can format/erase them over 1000 times before worrying about damage... ;)

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 PostPost subject: Re: Little questions about HDDs        Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:29 pm 
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Allright, Thanks 4 your help.

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