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Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother

From "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother
Date 2024-10-24 13:20 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2024-10-24 09:20, Paul wrote:
>> On Wed, 10/23/2024 5:54 PM, Andrews wrote:
>>> I need a bigger sd card - I spent years for this moment by using 
>>> Windows to
>>> make Android sdcard swaps smoother and drama reduced experiences for 
>>> all.
>>>
>>> Some questions...
>>> Does a Windows "Quick Format" work as well as the slow format?
>>> Does the format type matter when the sd card is to be used in a phone?
>>> Do you change the volume label when you format on Windows for Android?
>>> <https://i.postimg.cc/dVtqQ9dX/sd01.jpg>
>>>
>>> Some background...
> 
> ...
> 
>>> Did I need that slow format?
>>> Is the default of XFat (128kbyte allocation unit) an OK setting for 
>>> phones?
>>> Is the type of card I bought OK for phones?
>>> The (slow) format is still running, but when it's done, I'm going to 
>>> copy
>>> my "0001" data over from the old sdcard in the phone, to the new sdcard.
>>>
>>> And then I'm going to swap out the old sdcard for the new one for, 
>>> what I
>>> hope to be a seamless experience using Windows to make Android smoother.
>>>
>>> Wish me luck!
>>
>> You would buy an SD card with static and dynamic wear leveling.
>>
>> A quick format is good enough. It writes and puts a FAT or $MFT on the 
>> partition.
>>
>> The slow format does the same, except it includes a read-verify of the 
>> surface.
> 
> Doesn't it fill everything with zeroes as well? Or erase all sectors? 
> That reduces the life of the card or stick.
> Writing zeros for full format option was introduced with Vista. 
Applicable also to all later Windows o/s.
Full format
  - files erased
  - writes zeros to the whole disk
  - drive scanned for bad sectors(does not fix bad sectors)
  - new root directory and file system


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Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-23 21:54 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 03:20 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-24 16:12 +0200
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 13:20 -0400
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> - 2024-10-24 13:00 -0500
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:12 -0400
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 12:10 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-26 15:56 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-26 14:09 -0400
              Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-28 16:53 +0100
                Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-01 09:19 +0100
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:33 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:15 +0000
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:42 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:35 +0000
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:35 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-25 18:41 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 06:26 +0000
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 13:56 +0000

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