On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Partitioning: Preparing the drive for the partitions it will have, even > if there will only be one part. > Formatting: Putting some file system in place on the partition. > It's two steps, even if you have one application that can do both for > you. If you remove the partitioning info, then formatting it isn't > possible. > Windows users may be used to right-clicking and formatting a flash > drive, as a quick way of erasing contents. But it's dependent on the > partitioning info being there. If it's missing, it'll need to be > repartitioned, that's something the usual Windows users aren't used to > doing, and mayn't know anything about. I don't think Windows will offer > to repartition the drive for them, as hand-holding help. Yes, correct. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
