FDISK, FORMAT Utilities Erase Maps, Leave Data

Think of a library without a card catalogue. It may be difficult to find a book in that library. The purpose of a card catalogue is to let the librarian find the book quickly. The Card will hold information about the book title, and its physical location. A computer hard drive uses its own form of 'card catalog' (a File Allocation Table - or FAT) for locating files in its own 'library'. Destroying the FAT is not the same as destroying the data.

FDISK is a system utility that defines how a hard disk is "partitioned" or "sliced".

FORMAT is a utility that defines an operating system's directory structure.

The objective of these utilities is to impact how data is stored on a hard drive. Users mistakenly believe that by altering the infrastructure, they can prevent access to the data. This can be a costly assumption. The fact is, the new recipient of the hard drive can unearth the data with the help of a sector editor, or via recovery tools that are freely available on the Internet.

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