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by carles
08 Jan 2020, 10:21
Forum: File recovery
Topic: What is "Low level format" and why is that fast?
Replies: 2
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Re: What is "Low level format" and why is that fast?

I also found:
https://superuser.com/a/568054

It talks about:
ERASE_WR_BLK_START
ERASE_WR_BLK_END

Last night I did a bit of reading and I thought that the TRIM command was for SSD and the ERASE_WR_BLK_* are for SD cards (but, either way, same visible result from Linux for me without special ...
by carles
07 Jan 2020, 19:41
Forum: File recovery
Topic: What is "Low level format" and why is that fast?
Replies: 2
Views: 3653

What is "Low level format" and why is that fast?

Hi cgsecurity, community,

Thanks for testdisk - I helped recovering files with it and it has been fantastic.

I have a question and I'm not sure where is best to ask, I thought that someone here might know this.

Long question short: Low level format on a Canon S110 seems to write zeros everywhere ...