Format is Quick in Vista

[JaseUK]

Just installed Vista 64bit OEM on my PC and I have to say that the formatting of the HDD is very fast.
XP used to take forever, is Vista doing a full format or what.

 

[Eriedor]

Was most likely a quick format only deleting the FAT, rather than deleting every single cluster.

 

[csmager]

Just installed Vista 64bit OEM on my PC and I have to say that the formatting of the HDD is very fast.
XP used to take forever, is Vista doing a full format or what.

Does the same thing as XP's quick format.

XP's full format checked for bad sectors, which is why it took so long.

 

[bledd]

Does the same thing as XP's quick format.

XP's full format checked for bad sectors, which is why it took so long.

yup