How long does it take to format the hard drive?
The HD24 offers two format operations. A normal format, which is called a “quick” format on the HD24, completes in less than 10 seconds. Another option for drive formatting is called a “long” format. The long format writes zeros to every location on the drive in order to ensure that data is erased. A long format of a 10GB drive will take approximately 15 minutes.
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