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Windows 7: does formatting a disk actually write zeros to it?
According to this article from Microsoft, zeros are written to an entire disk when it is formatted (not using the quick format option) in Windows Vista and newer versions of Windows. My question is ...
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Overwrite a Windows 7's Windows folder with a Windows.old from upgrade to Windows 8
Basically I've installed Windows 8 Pro over an existing Windows 7 install, and I told it not to copy any personal files or applications. Now in my C: drive I have a Windows.old folder.
Is it possible ...
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is there a way to prespecify to overwrite files with same name?
Connections to network drives are ridiculously slow (e.g. 15kb/sec on really good days) and when I'm copying files I leave my desk. My problem is when there is a file with the same name to be ...
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