Editing Disk formatting (section)

== External links ==
* [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc750198.aspx Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit, Chapter 17 - Disk and File System Basics], section "Formatting Hard Disks and Floppy Disks"
* [http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html ''Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory''] by Peter Gutmann
* [http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302686 ''Differences between a Quick format and a regular format during a "clean" installation of Windows XP''] from Microsoft Help and Support
* [http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B255867&x=17&y=15 support.microsoft.com — How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk]
* [https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512587.aspx ''Help: I Got Hacked. Now What Do I Do?'']—Microsoft Tech Net: Why you should wipe a compromised drive to the bare metal. Article by Jesper M. Johansson, Ph.D., CISSP, MCSE, MCP+I

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