"A Quick format will only wipe out the file-system tables (MFT). Files can still be reconstituted.
A Full format will also rewrite all sectors in order to reset all magnetic platters, thereby wiping out all data. Files can no longer be reconstituted, except with special equipment to ""peel back"" the magnetic layers, which is only in the possession of organizations such as the FBI, CIA etc." "A Quick format will only wipe out the file-system tables (MFT). Files can still be reconstituted.
A Full format will also rewrite all sectors in order to reset all magnetic platters, thereby wiping out all data. Files can no longer be reconstituted, except with special equipment to ""peel back"" the magnetic layers, which is only in the possession of organizations such as the FBI, CIA etc."
