Format vs Quick Format?

[Theo]

Hello everyone

Ive a 1tb WD green drive which i think has been running a bit slow lately, as in takes sometime to open a fairly low res image, this only started happening after i reinstalled windows on my ssd so ill format that hdd and see if that fixes it.

However my question is, what is the difference between format and quick format? 

Thank you!

[RaVenBelgium]

Quick format resets all 1's and 0's, format also resets the register if I'm not wrong

[MathijsZ77]

Quick format resets all 1's and 0's, format also resets the register if I'm not wrong

I thought quick format just deletes the index so that the pc thinks: "oh I have a empty disk".

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[RaVenBelgium]

I thought quick format just deletes the index so that the pc thinks: "oh I have a empty disk".

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

I don't know it for sure either...

[RaVenBelgium]

"High-level formatting is the process of setting up an empty file system on a disk partition or logical volume and, for PCs, installing a boot sector. This is a fast operation, and is sometimes referred to as quick formatting."

- Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_formatting

[perplex]

quick format, just deletes the data, but its still on the drive, you just cant see it

 

full format will right 0 and 1's to the drive, this means all data will be gone because it has been coped over with 0 and 1's

[jugster42]

Quick format resets / deletes the FAT. Format completely reformats each sector and recreates the low level file system, quick format is usually all you need.

 

Jugster

[WhatARoaster]

Quick Format: Delete's the OS's pointer to where the data is stored on the drive (data is recoverable)

 

Format: Rewrites every bit on the drive, and creates a new file system (data is not recoverable)

[Theo]

Thank youu!

[MrPete1985]

I would try a defragment before a format, try Defraggler