Folder(s) Creation Date is Prior to Format

I got a dos emulator to play old dos games. I mount my root directory and
saw folders
that were created prior to my last installation of Vista which was on
9/29/2209.
I even see a folder with a creation date of created of 11/2/2006!
In the installation of Vista Basic I selected the Format option.

If Vista performed format why do I see some folders with creation dates
prior
to my formatting my hard drive?

Thanks,
James

The year for the format is 2009, if you haven't figured that out.

James

"JamesJ" <> wrote in message
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> I got a dos emulator to play old dos games. I mount my root directory and
> saw folders
> that were created prior to my last installation of Vista which was on
> 9/29/2209.
> I even see a folder with a creation date of created of 11/2/2006!
> In the installation of Vista Basic I selected the Format option.
>
> If Vista performed format why do I see some folders with creation dates
> prior
> to my formatting my hard drive?
>
> Thanks,
> James