Formatting a drive writes 0 bytes

In Vista, formatting a harddisk, CompactFlash card, USB memory stick o
anything erases the whole partition by writing 0-bytes - unless yo
selected "Quick format". Older Windows, like 2000, read from the medi
(sent a verify command to driver) so you could still abort the operatio
as long as it was "checking" only. Same behavior for Explorer an
"format" cmd

Did anybody notice this change

I found it after Vista zeroed not only the partition content but th
whole CompactFlash card (that means Master Boot Record, too). But thi
total kill was not reproducable

Best Regards, Ral

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